The #1 New York Times bestselling author of LONG WAY DOWN, LOOK BOTH WAYS, GHOST; ALL AMERICAN BOYS with Brendan Kiely; STAMPED, adapted with Ibram X. Kendi, has won every prestigious children's book literary award, among them, the Newbery Honor, Printz Honor, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Award and Honors; National Book Award Finalist twice; Margaret A Edwards Award. He is a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and a MacArthur Fellow. He is on the faculty at Lesley University.
