Jewell Parker Rhodes author biography, plus links to books by Jewell Parker Rhodes.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes is the Piper Endowed Chair and founding artistic director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University. She has won numerous awards for her books for children and adults. Ninth Ward, her first novel for young readers, was named a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, a Notable Book for a Global Society, and a Today show Al's Book Club for Kids selection.

This biography was last updated on 05/07/2013.

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