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Kekla Magoon
Kekla Magoon is the author of five young adult novels: How It Went Down, Camo Girl, 37 Things I Love, Fire in the Streets, and The Rock and the River, for which she received the ALA Coretta Scott King New Talent Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination. She also writes non-fiction on historical topics, including Today the World is Watching You: The Little Rock Nine and the Fight for School Integration 1957-58 and the forthcoming PANTHERS! The History and Legacy of the Black Panther Party in America. Raised in a biracial family in the Midwest, Kekla now teaches writing in New York City, conducts school and library visits nationwide, and serves on the Writers Council for the National Writing Project. Kekla holds a B.A. in History from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Series
Robyn Hoodlum
1. Shadows of Sherwood (2015)
2. Rebellion of Thieves (2016)
3. Reign of Outlaws (2017)
1. Shadows of Sherwood (2015)
2. Rebellion of Thieves (2016)
3. Reign of Outlaws (2017)
Novels
Camo Girl (2011)
Fire in the Streets (2012)
How It Went Down (2014)
X (2015) (with Ilyasah Shabazz)
The Season of Styx Malone (2018)
Light It Up (2019)
Chester Keene Cracks the Code (2022)
The Minus-One Club (2023)
Fire in the Streets (2012)
How It Went Down (2014)
X (2015) (with Ilyasah Shabazz)
The Season of Styx Malone (2018)
Light It Up (2019)
Chester Keene Cracks the Code (2022)
The Minus-One Club (2023)
Anthologies edited
Black Enough (2019) (with Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic St and Ibi Zoboi)
Picture Books
Non fiction
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