Get ready to read
a new fantasy adventure
set in the magical streets of Chicago
JAX FREEMAN AND THE PHANTOM SHRIEK!
Coming soon!
Celebrate the joys of Black
boyhood with stories from
seventeen bestselling, critically
acclaimed Black authors
Available Now!
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Kwame is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times bestselling author, a former pharmaceutical metrologist, and a publisher with Freedom Fire Books, an imprint of Disney-Hyperion. His award winning TRISTAN STRONG series was awarded a Coretta Scott King Author Honor and is published by Rick Riordan Presents/Disney-Hyperion. He is the co-author of LAST GATE OF THE EMPEROR with Prince Joel Makonnen, from Scholastic Books, and the editor of the #1 New York Times bestselling anthology BLACK BOY JOY, published by Delacorte Press. A Howard University graduate and a Midwesterner now in North Carolina, he survives on Dad jokes and Cheezits.
Upcoming Events
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April 2 @ 3pm EST
Kwame talks withAntonie Bandele about
Black Boys & Magic @Sistah SciFi
April 9 @ 10am EST
BAM Festival
From Kingdoms to Queendoms and Everything In Between
April 25 @ 1:30pm CST
TLA Conference
More Than Speech Bubbles: Middle Grade Graphic Novels That Wow
October 15 @ 1pm EST
Flipgrid Live Event: West African & African American Stories with Author Kwame Mbalia
October 18 @ 1pm CDT
Joyful Dreams with Kwame Mbalia and Kelly Yang!