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Jewell Parker Rhodes

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Jewell Parker Rhodes has always loved reading and writing stories. Born and raised in Manchester, a largely African-American neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh, she was a voracious reader as a child. She began college as a dance major, but when she discovered there were novels by African Americans, she knew she wanted to be an author. She wrote six novels for adults, two writing guides, and a memoir, but writing for children remained her dream.

Now she is the author of seven books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother. Her other books include Towers Falling, and the Louisiana Girls Trilogy: Ninth Ward, Sugar, and Bayou Magic. Her forthcoming novel, Paradise on Fire, will publish in September 2021. She has also published six adult novels, two writing guides, and a memoir.

Jewell has received numerous honors including the American Book Award, the National Endowment of the Arts Award in Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Outstanding Writing, and a Coretta Scott King Honor.

When she’s not writing, she’s visiting schools to talk about her books with the kids who read them, or teaching writing at Arizona State University, where she is the Piper Endowed Chair and Founding Artistic Director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.2/5 ( ratings)
Website
Go to Website
Twitter
Go to Twitter Account
Jewell Parker Rhodes has always loved reading and writing stories. Born and raised in Manchester, a largely African-American neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh, she was a voracious reader as a child. She began college as a dance major, but when she discovered there were novels by African Americans, she knew she wanted to be an author. She wrote six novels for adults, two writing guides, and a memoir, but writing for children remained her dream.

Now she is the author of seven books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother. Her other books include Towers Falling, and the Louisiana Girls Trilogy: Ninth Ward, Sugar, and Bayou Magic. Her forthcoming novel, Paradise on Fire, will publish in September 2021. She has also published six adult novels, two writing guides, and a memoir.

Jewell has received numerous honors including the American Book Award, the National Endowment of the Arts Award in Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Outstanding Writing, and a Coretta Scott King Honor.

When she’s not writing, she’s visiting schools to talk about her books with the kids who read them, or teaching writing at Arizona State University, where she is the Piper Endowed Chair and Founding Artistic Director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.

Books from Jewell Parker Rhodes

Ghost Boys

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Towers Falling

4/5 ( ratings)

Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Magic City

4/5 ( ratings)

Magic City: A Novel

4/5 ( ratings)

Bayou Teché

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Long Distances

3/5 ( ratings)

Treasure Island: Runaway Gold

3/5 ( ratings)

Moon (Marie Laveau Mystery #2)

3/5 ( ratings)

Black Brother, Black Brother

3/5 ( ratings)

Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau

3/5 ( ratings)

Proverbs for the People

3/5 ( ratings)

Block Party

3/5 ( ratings)

Bayou Magic - FREE PREVIEW EDITION (The First 7 Chapters)

3/5 ( ratings)

Los Chicos Fantasmas (Ghost Boys Spanish Edition)

3/5 ( ratings)

The African American Guide to Writing & Publishing Non Fiction

3/5 ( ratings)

Hurricane

3/5 ( ratings)

Voodoo Season

3/5 ( ratings)

Sugar

3/5 ( ratings)

Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness

3/5 ( ratings)
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