Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, and
New York Times best-selling author of the Tristan
Strong series, for which he received a Coretta
Scott King Author Honor award for Tristan Strong
Punches a Hole in the Sky. Kwame also cowrote Last
Gate of the Emperor with Prince Joel Makonnen and
edited the instant New York Times best seller Black
Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood. Kwame
lives with his wife and children near Raleigh,
North Carolina, where he is currently working on
several projects-including a new middle grade
series-and cultivating cutting-edge dad jokes.
?www.KwameMbalia.com
