Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson

(1963) writer United States

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Jacqueline Woodson (born 1963) was a United States writer, known for Brown Girl Dreaming|Another Brooklyn|Feathers|Miracle's Boys.

About Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Amanda Woodson is an American writer of books for children and young 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 to 2019. Her novel Another Brooklyn was shortlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction. She accepted the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2018 and the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2020. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2020.

Known for:

Brown Girl Dreaming|Another Brooklyn|Feathers|Miracle's Boys

Notable works:

Another Brooklyn

Awards:

Walter Dean Myers Award|E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Middle Readers|Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction|ALA Notable Books for Children|Young People's Poet Laureate|NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Youth / Teens|ALA Best Books for Young Adults|Hans Christian Andersen Award|Children's Literature Legacy Award|Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award|Lambda Literary Award|Guggenheim Fellowship|MacArthur Fellows Program|National Book Award for Young People's Literature|Charlotte Zolotow Award|Coretta Scott King Award|Jane Addams Children's Book Award|Josette Frank Award|Langston Hughes Medal|Margaret Edwards Award|NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction|Newbery Honor|National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

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