Sharon Draper
YA/Chldren's Author
Sharon M. Draper is a
New York Times bestselling author and recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. She has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both
Copper Sun and
Forged by Fire. She also won CSK honor awards in 2008 for
November Blues and 2004 for
The Battle of Jericho. Ms. Draper lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. Visit her at
www.SharonDraper.com