Kekla Magoon is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author of The Rock and the River, the author of Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book The Season of Styx Malone, author of Printz Honor Book Revolution in Our Time, and co-author of the 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book and National Book Award Longlist selection X: A Novel with Ilyasah Shabazz. She holds a B.A. in history from Northwestern University and a master of fine arts in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she now serves on faculty. In 2021 she won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement and contribution to children's literature. Kekla visits schools and libraries around the country to speak about her work, and she teaches writing workshops to youth and adults.
