Kekla Magoon (she/her) writes novels and nonfiction for young readers, exploring themes of identity, community, empowerment, and social justice. Acclaimed titles include The Season of Styx Malone (winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award), How It Went Down (a Coretta Scott King Honor book), and Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People, which was a Michael L. Printz Honor winner and National Book Award Finalist. Kekla loves ice cream, board games, and her two energetic orange cats. She holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she now teaches. Learn more at her website: https://keklamagoon.com/
Kekla will be participating in several presentations during the AFBF. At 10:400, she will be part of “Hidden History: Three Nonfiction Authors Share the Stories Behind Their Books,” at 12:00 “Let’s Build a Character! An All-Ages Writing Workshop with Kekla Magoon” and at 2:40 “Truth in the Fiction: The Power of Authenticity in Novels for Teens.”
The following titles will be featured at the Festival:
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
The Season of Styx Malone
Chester Keene Cracks the Code
Thurgood Marshall’s Life Leadership and Legacy
Shadows of Sherwood
How It Went Down
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