About the Author
Linda Williams Jackson is an award-winning author, born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. Her books have been named ALA Notable Children’s Books, a Jane Addams Honor Book for Peace and Social Justice, a Malka Penn Honor, two Bank Street College Best Books of the Year, and a Washington Post Summer Book Club Selection. Additional accolades include Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Youth Book Award Winner, Foreword Reviews Indies Award Winner, New-York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize Finalist, and Cooperative Children’s Book Center Best Books of the Year, among others.
