Karen Strong

Ages 10–16

Cool. Awkward. Black.

Amerie, Kalynn Bayron, Terry J. Benton, Roseanne A. Brown, Elise Bryant, Tracy Deonn, Desiree S. Evans, Isaac Fitzsimons, Jordan Ifueko, Leah Johnson, Amanda Joy, Danny Lore, Kwame Mbalia, Tochi Onyebuchi, K Arsenault Rivera, Ciannon Smart, Julian Winters, Ibi Zoboi, Lamar Giles, Karen Strong

Ages 13–18

A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

Patrice Caldwell, Elizabeth Acevedo, Amerie, Dhonielle Clayton, Jalissa Corrie, Somaiya Daud, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Justina Ireland, Danny Lore, L. L. McKinney, Rebecca Roanhorse, Karen Strong, Ashley Woodfolk, Ibi Zoboi, Danielle Paige