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Kekla Magoon

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Kekla Magoon

Kekla Magoon has worked with youth-serving nonprofit organizations in New York City and Chicago. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and her first novel, The Rock and the River, won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. She resides in New York City and you can visit her at KeklaMagoon.com.

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Camo Girl will be released on June 05, 2012 in Trade Paperback
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Fire in the Streets will be released on August 28, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Camo Girl has won an award
Nov 23, 2011
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Camo Girl has won an award
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The Rock and the River has won an award
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Chapter 1 from Camo Girl
Jan 05, 2011
Camo Girl will be released on January 04, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 04, 2011
Camo Girl is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 04, 2011
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The Rock and the River has won an award
Dec 18, 2010
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The Rock and the River has won an award
Dec 18, 2010
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The Rock and the River has won an award
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The Rock and the River has won an award
May 06, 2010
The Rock and the River is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 06, 2010
The Rock and the River will be released on April 06, 2010 in Trade Paperback
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The Rock and the River has won an award
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U-T San Diego, March 17, 2012
...world with characters that will surprise you with their strength and resiliency. “The Rock and the River” by Kekla Magoon (Aladdin; 304 pages; $6.99) “Rock and the River” by Kekla Magoon Sam, son of a nonviolent civil rights leader and brother to...
U-T San Diego, March 16, 2012
...world with characters that will surprise you with their strength and resiliency. “The Rock and the River” by Kekla Magoon (Aladdin; 304 pages; $6.99) “Rock and the River” by Kekla Magoon Sam, son of a nonviolent civil rights leader and brother to...
The Olympian, February 19, 2012
...Work for Youth/Teens category on Friday at a ceremony in Los Angeles. He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes. His nomination for Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running was his second such...
Tacoma News Tribune, February 19, 2012
...Work for Youth/Teens category on Friday at a ceremony in Los Angeles.He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes.His nomination for �Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running� was his second such...
Daily World, February 18, 2012
...Olympics in Berlin, came out in March of last year. Burlingame’s competition at the Image awards included Kekla Magoon, Walter Dean, Nikki Grimes and Jerdine Nolan (Author) and Sadra Strickland (Illustrator). He was recently awarded a state contract to...
Zap2it.com, February 17, 2012
...Mazellan (Illustrator) (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Little Simon) Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens"Camo Girl" - Kekla Magoon (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - Aladdin)"Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary" -...
STLtoday.com, January 24, 2012
...Other winners: Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award - "The Rock and the River," by kekla magoon. Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement - Walter Dean Myers. Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a...
The Olympian, February 19, 2012
...Work for Youth/Teens category on Friday at a ceremony in Los Angeles. He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes. His nomination for Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running was his second such...
Tacoma News Tribune, February 19, 2012
...Work for Youth/Teens category on Friday at a ceremony in Los Angeles.He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes.His nomination for �Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running� was his second such...
WABC New York City, February 19, 2012
...Friend" - Tony Dungy (Author), Ron Mazellan (Illustrator) - Winner Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens "Camo Girl" - Kekla Magoon "Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary" - Jerdine Nolan (Author), Sadra Strickland (Illustrator) "Jesse...
Daily World, February 18, 2012
...Olympics in Berlin, came out in March of last year. Burlingame’s competition at the Image awards included Kekla Magoon, Walter Dean, Nikki Grimes and Jerdine Nolan (Author) and Sadra Strickland (Illustrator). He was recently awarded a state contract to...
International Business Times, February 18, 2012
...Friend" - Tony Dungy (Author), Ron Mazellan (Illustrator) - Winner Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens "Camo Girl" - Kekla Magoon "Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary" - Jerdine Nolan (Author), Sadra Strickland (Illustrator) "Jesse...
International Business Times UK, February 18, 2012
...Friend" - Tony Dungy (Author), Ron Mazellan (Illustrator) - Winner Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens "Camo Girl" - Kekla Magoon "Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary" - Jerdine Nolan (Author), Sadra Strickland (Illustrator) "Jesse...
International Business Times UK, February 18, 2012
...Friend" - Tony Dungy (Author), Ron Mazellan (Illustrator) - Winner Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens "Camo Girl" - Kekla Magoon "Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary" - Jerdine Nolan (Author), Sadra Strickland (Illustrator) "Jesse...