Kwame Mbalia (he/him) is a #1 New York Times best-selling author and the publisher of Freedom Fire, an imprint of Disney Hyperion devoted to stories about the Black diaspora by Black creators. His debut middle-grade novel, * Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky,was awarded a Coretta Scott King A...

Kwame Mbalia (he/him) is a #1 New York Times best-selling author and the publisher of Freedom Fire, an imprint of Disney Hyperion devoted to stories about the Black diaspora by Black creators. His debut middle-grade novel, * Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky,was awarded a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and it was followed by Tristan Strong Destroys the World and Tristan Strong Keeps Punching *. Kwame lives with his wife and children outside Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, go to www.KwameMbalia.com.