Author
Jacqueline Woodson
b. February 12, 1963 · United States
Writer, Novelist, Children's writer, Poet, Film director
Titles on list
2
Total weeks
4
Peak rank
#8
Biography
- Born
- February 12, 1963 · Columbus
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Adelphi University
Awards & Honours
- 1995Jane Addams Children's Book Award
- 1996Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction
- 1999ALA Best Books for Young Adults
- 2001Coretta Scott King Award
- 2006Margaret Edwards Award
- 2006Newbery Honor
- 2008Newbery Honor
- 2009Newbery Honor
- 2009Josette Frank Award
- 2013Charlotte Zolotow Award
- 2013Jane Addams Children's Book Award
- 2014National Book Award for Young People's Literature
- 2015Newbery Honor
- 2015Langston Hughes Medal
- 2015Coretta Scott King Award
- 2015Young People's Poet Laureate
- 2015E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Middle Readers
- 2017NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
- 2018Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
- 2018Children's Literature Legacy Award
- 2018National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
- 2019NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Youth / Teens
- 2019Jane Addams Children's Book Award
- 2020MacArthur Fellows Program
- 2020Hans Christian Andersen Award
- 2023Guggenheim Fellowship
- Lambda Literary Award
- ALA Notable Books for Children
- Walter Dean Myers Award
On the Bestseller Lists
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