Grimes, Nikki: - New York Times *bestselling author Nikki Grimes was inducted into theBlack Authors Hall of Famein 2023. Her honors include theCSK Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award*, theALAN Awardfor significant contributions to young adult literature, theChildren's Literature Legacy Meda...

Grimes, Nikki: - New York Times *bestselling author Nikki Grimes was inducted into theBlack Authors Hall of Famein 2023. Her honors include theCSK Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award*, theALAN Awardfor significant contributions to young adult literature, theChildren's Literature Legacy Medal, and theNCTE Awardfor Excellence in Poetry for Children. Author of theCoretta Scott King Award-winner* Bronx Masquerade , and five Coretta Scott King Author Honors, she won thePrintz HonorandSibert Honorfor her memoir Ordinary Hazards.She is also the recipient of the 2006National Council of Teachers of English Awardfor Excellence in Poetry for Children. Grimes has been featured in the pages of IMAGE Journal of Arts and Religion, World *, Today's Christian Woman, Poetry Magazine, Hunger Mountain, and on the Academy of American Poets series, "Poem a Day," among others. Her latest titles include Garvey's Choice: The Graphic Novel, a School Library Journal 2023 Best Book; * Lullaby for the King,one of Book Riot's 25 Best Christmas Books of All Time; and A Walk in the Woods *, recipient of 8 starred reviews, and 11 Best Book listings for 2023, including the New York Times, * NPR,and Smithsonian Magazine *. Ms. Grimes lives in Corona, California.