Kwame Alexander
Bio
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 36 books, including SWING, BECOMING MUHAMMAD ALI, co-authored
with James Patterson, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious UK Carnegie Medal,
The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated
by Kadir Nelson, and his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER.
A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous
awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author
Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy
Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic
in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded.
He is the writer and executive producer of THE CROSSOVER TV series on Disney plus.
The fall of 2022 will see the release of book one of his new trilogy, THE DOOR OF
NO RETURN.
For more information, visit kwamealexander.com