Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess author biography, plus links to books by Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess.

Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of 28 books, including Swing, Solo, and Rebound, the follow-up to his Newbery Medal-winning middle grade novel, The Crossover. The 2018 NEA Read Across America Ambassador, Kwame is also the host and producer of the literary variety/talk show, Bookish, which airs on Facebook Watch, and the Founding Editor of Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers.

Mary Rand Hess is a poet, mixed-media artist, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author of Solo and Animal Ark: Celebrating Our Wild World in Poetry and Pictures, both coauthored with Kwame Alexander.

This biography was last updated on 10/02/2018.

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