Kwame Alexander is an American poet, an author of young adult and children’s fiction, and an advocate for introducing literary works and writing to schoolchildren. He gained national prominence after winning the Newbery Medal in 2015 for his novel The Crossover (2014). The novel was adapted into a TV series in 2023 and won an Emmy Award for outstanding young teen series.
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