Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 36 books, including "Swing," "Becoming Muhammed Ali," co-authored with James Patterson, "Rebound," which was shortlisted for prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal, and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, "The Undefeated," illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and his Newbery medal-winning middle grade novel, "The Crossover."

A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Alexander is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. He is the writer and executive producer of "The Crossover" TV series on Disney plus. Book one of his new trilogy, "The Door of No Return," was published in 2022.

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