Ibi Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and immigrated to the U.S. when she was four years old. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she was a recipient of the Norma Fox Mazer Award. Her award-winning and Pushcart-nominated writing has been published in Haiti Noir, the Caribbean Writer, The New York Times Book Review, the Horn Book Magazine, and The Rumpus, among others. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children. American Street is her first novel. Visit Ibi at www.ibizoboi.net.
Stephanie Cooke
Stephanie is an award-winning writer of graphic novels such as and the co-writer of She's an avid reader, gamer, movie watcher, and pun connoisseur. She's based out of the City of Raccoons (aka Toronto, Canada) where she can be found curled up with her snuggly cat that she happens to be very allergic to. She's also a crazy cat lady who happens to be terribly allergic to cats. As such, she settles for having just one (very snuggly) cat and takes a lot of allergy medication. Find out more about her on her site, stephaniecooke. ca.
Ibi Zoboi
Ibi Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and immigrated to the U.S. when she was four years old. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she was a recipient of the Norma Fox Mazer Award. Her award-winning and Pushcart-nominated writing has been published in Haiti Noir, the Caribbean Writer, The New York Times Book Review, the Horn Book Magazine, and The Rumpus, among others. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children. American Street is her first novel. Visit Ibi at www.ibizoboi.net.
Stephanie Cooke
Stephanie is an award-winning writer of graphic novels such as and the co-writer of She's an avid reader, gamer, movie watcher, and pun connoisseur. She's based out of the City of Raccoons (aka Toronto, Canada) where she can be found curled up with her snuggly cat that she happens to be very allergic to. She's also a crazy cat lady who happens to be terribly allergic to cats. As such, she settles for having just one (very snuggly) cat and takes a lot of allergy medication. Find out more about her on her site, stephaniecooke. ca.