Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is an American writer of poetry and children's fiction. His book The Crossover won the 2015 Newbery Medal recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." It was also selected as an Honor book for the Coretta Scott King Award. His book Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band, was selected for the 2014 “Michigan Reads! One State, One Children’s Book” program. 2Life Alexander attended Virginia Tech. He runs the Bookinaday program to introduce children to writing and publishing and currently lives in Reston, Virginia. 2Publications 3Books Tough Love: Cultural Criticism and Familial Observations on the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur, ed. (1996) Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band (2011) Go Daddy, Go Daddy (2015) He Said, She Said: A Novel (2013) The Crossover: A Novel (2014) Booked (2016) The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life (2017) 3Collections The Flow: New Black Poets in Motion, ed. (1994) Just Us: Poems & Counterpoems, 1986-1995 (1995) 360°: A Revolution of Black Poets, ed. (1998) Kupenda: Love Poems (2000) Dancing Naked on the Floor: poems and essays (2005) The Way I Walk: short stories and poems for Young Adults, e