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.
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- Born in
- Columbus
- Educated at
- Adelphi University
- Awards
- 🏆 ALA Best Books for Young Adults🏆 Hans Christian Andersen Award🏆 Children's Literature Legacy Award🏆 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award🏆 Lambda Literary Award
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1963
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