Category: Contemporary African American Literature / Fiction

Kwame Alexander is an African-American male young adult (YA) fiction author and poet, who was born in New York, New York. He has won several awards including the John Newberry Medal.

Born: August 21, 1968

Author’s Website: https://kwamealexander.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KwameAlexanderBooks/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kwamealexander

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kwamealexander/

Kwame Alexander’s Books and Other Works

• Swing (with Mary Rand Hess) – 2018
• Rebound – 2018
• Solo (with Mary Rand Hess) – 2017
• The Playbook – 2017
• Booked – 2016
• Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop (K-8) – 2016
• The Crossover – 2014
• She Said, He Said – 2013