Kwame Alexander is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 45 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night , The Mighty Macy , Black Star , a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, J vs. K , an illustrated novel he penned with Jerry Craft, the motivational primer for graduates, creatives and professionals entitled Say Yes and The Crossover , his Newbery Medal-winning novel turned Emmy® Award-winning Disney+ TV series. He [...] read more

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, Emmy® Award-winning producer and a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 45 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night , Black Star , The Mighty Macy ,   J vs. K , an illustrated novel penned with Jerry Craft, the motivational primer for graduates, creatives and professionals entitled Say Yes, Becoming Muhammad Ali (co-authored with James Patterson), and The Undefeated , the National Book Award Nominee, Newbery Honor and Caldecott Medal-winning picture book [...] read more

Kwame Alexander has written 45 books, one of them in Panera Bread, several of them on airplanes and in hotel rooms, and three of them in a penthouse with huge windows in London. He lived in an apartment building that used to be a hotel which used to have a restaurant that Langston Hughes (Kwame's favorite poet) was a busboy in. His new house has a blue couch, a large painting of Nikki Giovanni, and a bunch of awards—including his Newbery Medal, NAACP Image Award, Emmy Award, which he keeps in the guest bathroom so all [...] read more