Jacqueline Woodson is an American writer of books for children and adolescents. She is best known for Miracle's Boys, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles Brown Girl Dreaming, After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way. After serving as the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, she was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, by the Library of Congress, for 2018–19. She was also a visiting fellow at the American Library in Paris in spring of 2017.
| Born: | Jacqueline Amanda Woodson, February 12, 1963, Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Nationality: | American |
| Period: | 1990-present |
| Genre: | Young adult fiction |
| Subject: | African-American literature |
| Notable works: | Miracle's Boys (2000), Show Way (2006), Feathers (2007), After Tupac and D Foster (2008), Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) |
| Notable awards: | National Book Award, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature |
| Partner: | Juliet Widoff |
| Children: | 2 |
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About Jacqueline Woodson
American author whose work is notable for its themes of racial and sexual identity. Among her most acclaimed books is 2014's Brown Girl Dreaming, which received the National Book Award, Newbery Medal and NAACP Image Award.
Before Fame
She studied Drama at Howard University and received her B.A. in English from Adelphi University in 1985.
Achievement
Her novel Miracle's Boys was adapted into a six-part miniseries directed by Spike Lee, LaVar Burton and others in 2002.
Family Life
She has a daughter named Toshi Georgianna and a son named Jackson-Lero.
Associations
She has cited the work of novelist Toni Morrison as a key influence.
Information related to Jacqueline Woodson
- Margaret A. Edwards Award winners
- Children's poets
- MacDowell Colony fellows
- Writers from Columbus, Ohio
- LGBT people from Ohio
- Newbery Honor winners
- American writers of young adult literature
- National Book Award winners
- Women writers of young adult literature
- African-American women writers
- Writers from Brooklyn
- LGBT novelists
