Barbara (B. A.) Binns is an African-American author who writes to inspire all ages with “stories of real boys growing into real men… and the people who love them.” She won the 2010 National Readers Choice Award for Young Adult fiction by the Portland, Oregon chapter of RWA, and was named to the YALSA 2012 list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Her YA novels, Pull, Being God and Minority of One, have been published under the pseudonym B A Binns.

As Barbara Binns, her debut middle grade novel Courage will be published in 2018 by Harper Collins children’s books.

She has Master of Science degrees from both Michigan State University and DePaul University, and is a member of KidLitNation, as well as the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Chicago Writers Association, and the American Library Association. She is a speaker at schools, libraries, community organizations and professional conferences across the country.