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Shorter Bio
Kwame Alexander is an Emmy® Award-winning producer, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 44 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night , How Sweet The Sound , The Door of No Return (2025 Audie Award Winner), The Undefeated , the National Book Award nominee, Newbery Honor, and Caldecott Medal-winning picture book illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and The Crossover , his Newbery Medal-winning novel turned Disney+ TV series. His forthcoming books include [...] read more
Short Bio
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, Emmy® Award-winning producer and a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 44 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night , How Sweet The Sound , The Door of No Return (2025 Audie Award Winner), Becoming Muhammad Ali (co-authored with James Patterson), Rebound , which was short-listed 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. [...] read more
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Literacy Initiative
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THE WRITE THING
Imagine having a Newbery Medal-winning author in your classroom as an advisor and a friend, providing personal and practical advice on how to teach writing workshop in the modern-day classroom. With The Write Thing, you can do just that! Kwame Alexander is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Crossover. With more than 10 years of experience conducting writing workshops in schools, Alexander shows how to shake up the ""traditional"" writing workshop and make writing fun again! His magnetic personality, infectious enthusiasm, and love of teaching come through to inspire all students to write. [...] read more
The Kwame Alexander Youth Games
Partnering with the City of Chesapeake, VA, Kwame Alexander is proud to launch the Inaugural Kwame Alexander Youth Games , April 10th & 11th, 2025. This multi-day event, has something for everyone: APRIL 10 AT 10:30 AM: LITTLE FREE LIBRARY DEDICATION BELLS MILL [MARCH CORPREW PLACE - ADJACENT TO 1045 BELLS MILL RD] A ceremony presenting The Crossover-themed Little Free Library on the land that Kwame's great-great grandfather, March Corprew, bought in 1870, and farmed, after returning home from the Civil War. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. [...] read more