Kekla Magoon
Kekla Magoon is the author of Shadows of Sherwood and Rebellion of Thieves , as well as several young adult novels, including the Coretta Scott King Honor Book How It Went Down and The Rock and the River , for which she received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination. She also coauthored X: A Novel (with Ilyasah Shabazz), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and received an NAACP Image Award and a Coretta Scott King Honor. In...See more
Kekla Magoon is the author of Shadows of Sherwood and Rebellion of Thieves , as well as several young adult novels, including the Coretta Scott King Honor Book How It Went Down and The Rock and the River , for which she received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination. She also coauthored X: A Novel (with Ilyasah Shabazz), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and received an NAACP Image Award and a Coretta Scott King Honor. In addition to writing fiction, Kekla visits schools and libraries nationwide and teaches writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. www.keklamagoon.com @KeklaMagoon See less