Mariama J Lockington

Mariama J. Lockington is an adoptee, educator, and Schneider Family Book Award and Stonewall Honor-winning author. She has been telling stories and making her own books since the second grade, when she wore shortalls and flower leggings every day to school. She is the critically acclaimed author of the middle-grade novels For Black Girls Like Me and In the Key of Us, both of which earned five starred reviews. Mariama calls many places home but currently lives in Kentucky with her wife; her little sausage dog, Henry; and an abundance of plants.