Jacqueline Woodson┬а(www.jacquelinewoodson.com)┬аis the recipient of the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 ChildrenтАЩs Literature Legacy Award. She┬аwas the 2018тАУ2019 National Ambassador for Young PeopleтАЩs Literature, and in 2015, she was named the Young PeopleтАЩs Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She received the 2014 National Book Award for her┬аNew York Times┬аbestselling memoir┬аBrown Girl Dreaming, which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, the NAACP Image Award, and a Sibert Honor. She wrote the adult books┬аRed at the Bone, a┬аNew York Times┬аbestseller, and┬аAnother Brooklyn, a 2016 National Book Award finalist.┬аBorn in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from college with a B.A. in English.┬аShe is the author of dozens of award-winning books for young adults, middle graders, and children; among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist, and a two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. Her books include┬аNew York Times┬аbestsellers┬аThe Day You Begin┬аand┬аHarbor Me;┬аThe Other Side,┬аEach Kindness, Caldecott Honor book┬аComing On Home Soon; Newbery Honor winners┬аFeathers,┬аShow Way, and┬аAfter Tupac and D Foster; and┬аMiracle's Boys, which received the┬аLA Times┬аBook Prize and the Coretta Scott King Award. Jacqueline is also a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for her contributions to young adult literature and a two-time winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.