Nikki Grimes is a New York Times bestselling author and recipient
of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime
Achievement, the ALAN Award for significant contributions to young
adult literature, the Children's Literature Legacy Award, and the
NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She is the author
of Coretta Scott King Award winner Bronx Masquerade and the
recipient of five Coretta Scott King Author Honors. Her recent
books include Printz Honor and Sibert Honor Book Ordinary Hazards;
Between the Lines, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults title; the
much-acclaimed Garvey's Choice; ALA Notables Legacy: Women Poets of
the Harlem Renaissance and Southwest Sunrise; Kamala Harris: Rooted
in Justice; and Garvey in the Dark. Nikki lives in Corona,
California.
E. B. Lewis, award-winning illustrator and fine artist, has
illustrated more than seventy-five books for children, including
the Caldecott Honor winner Coming on Home Soon. He won the Coretta
Scott King Illustrator Award for Talkin' About Bessie and has
earned the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award four times.
After graduating from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University,
Lewis taught art in public schools for twelve years. He now teaches
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Visit eblewis.com.
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