Nikki Grimes

Art, Children, Fiction, Illustration, Music, Photography, Poetry, Spirituality, Stage, Young Adult

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Nikki Grimes has written many award-winning books for children and young adults, including Bronx Masquerade (winner of the Coretta Scott King Award), as well as Jazmin's Notebook, Talkin’ about Bessie, Dark Sons, The Road to Paris, and Words with Wings, each of which received a Coretta Scott King Honor. She is the author of numerous picture books and novels including Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope and, most recently, Garvey’s Choice and One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance.

In addition to her work for children, Grimes has written articles for Essence, Today’s Christian Woman, Book Links, Image, and others. Her 2019 memoir Ordinary Hazards was named a Sibert Honor Book by the American Library Association in 2020.​

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Festival Years: 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022

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