Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, Emmy® Award-winning producer, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 40 books, including This is the Honey, Why Fathers Cry at Night , An American Story , The Door of No Return , Becoming Muhammad Ali (co-authored with James Patterson), Rebound , which was shortlisted for the prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, and The Undefeated , the National Book Award nominee, Newbery Honor, and Caldecott Medal-winning picture book illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Kwame is also the Executive Producer, Showrunner, and Writer of the Emmy-award winning series [...] read more

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, Emmy®-award winning producer, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 39 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night , An American Story , The Door of No Return , Becoming Muhammad Ali (co-authored with James Patterson), Rebound , which was shortlisted for the prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, and The Undefeated , the National Book Award nominee, Newbery Honor, and Caldecott Medal-winning picture book illustrated by Kadir Nelson. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King [...] read more