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 Medal, 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.
Floyd Cooper received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor for Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land. Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper received a degree in fine arts from the University of Oklahoma and, after graduating, worked as an artist for a major greeting card company. His many beloved books form a lasting legacy.
