Quincy Troupe is a professor of literature at the University of California San Diego and the author of thirteen books. Two of his books, Miles: The Autobiography and Snake-Back Solos, have won the American Book Award. He also wrote Avalanche, Choruses, James Baldwin: The Legacy, and Take it to the Hoop, Magic Johnson. In 2002, he was named Poet Laureate of the State of California by the California Arts Council.
