Carole Boston Weatherford, a
New York Times best-selling author and poet,
was named the 2019
Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award winner. Her numerous books for children include the Coretta Scott King Author Award winner
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; the Caldecott Honor Books
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer,
Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, which was also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; the critically acclaimed
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; and the Newbery Honor Book
BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom,
illustrated by Michele Wood. Carole Boston Weatherford lives in North Carolina.
Frank Morrison has won numerous awards for his picture book illustration, including two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards. He previously collaborated with Carole Boston Weatherford on
Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual;
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul;
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace;
and
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop. Frank Morrison lives outside Atlanta.
