Jason Reynolds
After earning a BA in English from The University of Maryland, College Park, he moved to Brooklyn, New York, where you can often find him walking the four blocks from the train to his apartment talking to himself. Well, not really talking to himself, but just repeating character names and plot lines he thought of on the train, over and over again, because he's afraid he'll forget it all before he gets home.
Novels
My Name Is Jason. Mine Too (2009)
When I Was the Greatest (2014)
The Boy in the Black Suit (2015)
All American Boys (2015) (with Brendan Kiely)
As Brave As You (2016)
Long Way Down (2017)
When I Was the Greatest (2014)
The Boy in the Black Suit (2015)
All American Boys (2015) (with Brendan Kiely)
As Brave As You (2016)
Long Way Down (2017)
Collections
Black Enough (2019) (with Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Tochi Onyebuchi, Nic St and Ibi Zoboi)
Jason Reynolds recommends
The Hate U Give (2017)
Angie Thomas
"As we continue to fight the battle against police brutality and systemic racism in America, THE HATE U GIVE serves as a much needed literary ramrod. Absolutely riveting!"
Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017)
Jesmyn Ward
"If Sing, Unburied, Sing is proof of anything, it's that when it comes to spinning poetic tales of love and family, and the social metastasis that often takes place but goes unspoken of in marginalized communities - let alone the black American South - Jesmyn Ward is, by far, the best doing it today. Another masterpiece."
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