Angie Thomas

“The black officer checks Daddy while his partner glances around at all of the onlookers. There's quite a few of us now.…

— Angie Thomas

“For real?” I say what I’m supposed to.”

— Angie Thomas

I think that the more of us who take the time to understand how someone else is feeling, the more likely we…

— Angie Thomas

The transition from unknown to known-in-publishing has been empowering but also challenging. It's an honor to know that people actually want to…

— Angie Thomas

I really do hope 'The Hate U Give' provides mirrors for readers who don't often get them in books. I've had so…

— Angie Thomas

“Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.”

— Angie Thomas

As a black woman, I feel like I have a unique experience that we don't often see in media portrayals of the…

— Angie Thomas

“Who the fuck complains about going to Harry Potter World? Or Butter Beer? Or wands?”

— Angie Thomas

“With King Lords, we had a whole bunch of folks who had our backs, no matter what. They bought us clothes and…

— Angie Thomas

I wanted to write a book like a rapper would write it - I didn't want to hold back. Rappers catch a…

— Angie Thomas

Bent Literary Agency had a Q&A on Twitter, and I took a chance and asked if the Black Lives Matter movement was…

— Angie Thomas

“Has this situation made you fearful of cops?" she eventually asks. "I don't know," I say truthfully. "My uncle's a cop. I…

— Angie Thomas

My maternal grandmother was a star on her high school basketball team in small-town Mississippi.

— Angie Thomas

“Now I am that person, and I’m too afraid to speak.”

— Angie Thomas

Representation makes a difference.

— Angie Thomas

I'm not sure I could ever write for adults. That's not to throw shade or anything, but I feel like teenagers are…

— Angie Thomas

“His son lost everything because he was trying to do his job and protect himself. His life matters too, you know?" I…

— Angie Thomas

“Daddy once told me there's a rage passed down to every black man from his ancestors, born the moment they couldn't stop…

— Angie Thomas

When you say, 'Southern,' or you speak about a southern accent, there's always that drawl, and usually from white people. That's what…

— Angie Thomas

“How he could sell the very stuff that took his momma from him? Did he realize that he was taking somebody else’s…

— Angie Thomas

“I told you guys my grandparents visited, and it was their first time celebrating Thanksgiving. Hailey asked if we ate a cat.…

— Angie Thomas

“I walk into the most heartfelt hug I’ve ever gotten from somebody who’s not related to me. There’s not any sympathy in…

— Angie Thomas

“I hope none of them ask about my spring break. They went to Taipei, the Bahamas, Harry Potter World. I stayed in…

— Angie Thomas

“Don’t fall for that trap. That’s what they want. If you don’t wanna speak out, that’s up to you, but don’t let…

— Angie Thomas

I wrote 'The Hate U Give' as a short story while I was in college at a mostly white school in conservative…

— Angie Thomas