About Jacqueline
I am a…
Writer/Editor
Bio
National Book Award-winning author. Current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Former Young People’s Poet Laureate. Author of Brown Girl Dreaming, Another Brooklyn, Each Kindness, etc. Articles include a bunch of stuff in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Essence and lots of other places.
I'm passionate about
Social justice in education, my awesome family, travel
An idea worth spreading
Gather like we used to do back in the day
Areas of expertise
Reading, Talking, Writing
Things you might not know
Sewing, Cooking, Bananagrams & spouting bad jingles from 70s tv commercials.