Woodson doesn’t set out to be “controversial”—she writes what she calls “realistic fiction” that can help young people discover the richness of the real world.
Cooper loves writing plays, lyrics, and program and record notes for the Revels, a community event that celebrates seasonal rituals through song and theater.
Award-winning author Matt de la Peña talks about the grandmothers who inspired “Last Stop on Market Street,” including his own grandmother, illustrator Christian Robinson’s grandmother, his own mother, and his mother-in-law (both now grandmothers to his children).
