About the Author

Kwame Alexander was born August 21,1968.

Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 32 books, including THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, HOW TO READ A BOOK, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, SWING, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious Carnegie Medal, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. Some of his other works include BOOKED, a NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Nominee, THE PLAYBOOK: 52 RULES TO HELP YOU AIM, SHOOT, AND SCORE IN THIS GAME OF LIFE, and the picture books SURF'S UP, and OUT OF WONDER, which won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.

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All books

Books by Kwame Alexander:

  1. The Crossover (2014)
  2. He Said She Said (2013)
  3. Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band (2011)
  4. Indigo Blume and the Garden City (2010)
  5. And Then You Know: New and Selected Poems (2009)
  6. An American Poem (2008)
  7. Crush: Love Poem for Teenagers (2008)
  8. Family Pictures: Poems and Photographs Celebrating Our Loved Ones, ed. Crush: Love Poems (2007)
  9. Dancing Naked on the Floor: Poems and Essays (2005)
  10. The Way I Walk: short stories and poems for Young Adults, ed. Dancing Naked on the Floor: poems and essays (2004)
  11. Do The Write Thing Journal for Writers (2002)
  12. Do The Write Thing: 7 Steps to Publishing Success (2002)
  13. Kupenda: Love Poems (2000)
  14. 360°: A Revolution of Black Poets, ed with Kalamu Ya Salaam. (1998)
  15. Tough Love: Cultural Criticism and Familial Observations on the Life and Death of Tupac Shakur, ed. with Michael Datcher (1996)
  16. Just Us: Poems & Counterpoems, 1986-1995 (1995)
  17. The Flow: New Black Poets in Motion, ed. (1993)