Coretta Scott King Author Award Winners and Honor Titles Since 2001
![Nigeria Jones (2024 CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR WINNER)](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aanigeriajones-e1705953933358.jpg)
Title: Nigeria Jones (2024 CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR WINNER)
By: Zoboi, Ibi
Published: 2023
2024 Coretta Scott King Author Winner
Call number: YA Fiction Zoboi.I
Please note that this is a YA book in our YA section.
Ages 13 and up
![Big](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/aabigvashti-e1686163388821.jpg)
Title: Big
By: Harrison, Vashti
Published: 2023
2024 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Call number: JPicture Harri.V
Ages 4 to 8
![How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aaunfair-e1706124060557.jpg)
Title: How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2023
2024 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Call number: xBiog Cox.M Weath.C
Ages 7 to 10
![Kin: Rooted in Hope](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aakin-e1706563268512.jpg)
Title: Kin: Rooted in Hope
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2023
2024 Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Call number: J Weath.C
Ages 10 and up
![Freewater (2023 CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR WINNER)](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/aafreewater-e1675200797465.jpg)
Title: Freewater (2023 CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR WINNER)
By: Luqman-Dawson, Amina
Published: 2022
2023 Author Winner
Call Number: J Luqma.A
![Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/aastarchild-e1654539347713.jpg)
Title: Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
By: Zoboi, Ibi
Published: 2022
2023 Author Honor
Call Number: xBiog Butle.O Zoboi.I
![The Talk](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/aatalkalicia-e1675374024772.jpg)
Title: The Talk
By: Williams, Alicia D.
Published: 2022
2023 Author Honor
Call Number: JPicture Willi.A
![Victory, Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/aavictorystand-e1675374207821.jpg)
Title: Victory, Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
By: Smith, Tommie
Published: 2022
2023 Author Honor
Co-Author: Derrick Barnes
Call Number: YA B Smith.T Smith.T
(Note: this book is in our YA section.)
![The Crossover](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aacrossover.jpeg)
Title: The Crossover
By: Alexander, Kwame
Published: 2014
2015 Author Honor
Call number: J Alexa.K
![Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blogcrown-e1716489948191.png)
Title: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
By: Barnes, Derrick
Published: 2017
2018 Author Honor
Call number: JPicture Barne.D
![Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aamaritcha.jpeg)
Title: Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
By: Bolden, Tonya
Published: 2005
2006 Author Honor
Call number: xBiog Lyons.M Bolde.T
![Zora & Me](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aazora.jpeg)
Title: Zora & Me
By: Bond, Victoria and T.R. Simon
Published: 2010
2011 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Call number: J Bond.V
![Freedom Over Me](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/booklistfreedom.jpg)
Title: Freedom Over Me
By: Bryan, Ashley
Published: 2016
2017 Author Honor
Call number: J Bryan.A
![King and the Dragonflies](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/aakingdragonflies.jpeg)
Title: King and the Dragonflies
By: Callender, Kacen
Published: 2020
2021 Author Honor
Call number: J Calle.K
![Finding Langston](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aafinding.jpeg)
Title: Finding Langston
By: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Published: 2018
2019 Author Honor
Call number: J Cline.L
![New Kid](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aanewkid.jpeg)
Title: New Kid
By: Craft, Jerry
Published: 2019
2020 Author Winner
Call number: JGraphic Craft.J
![Elijah of Buxton](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaelijah.jpeg)
Title: Elijah of Buxton
By: Curtis, Christopher Paul
Published: 2007
2008 Author Winner
Call number: J Curti.C
![Lifting As We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aaliftingclimb.jpeg)
Title: Lifting As We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
By: Dionne, Evette
Published: 2020
2021 Author Honor
Call number: x324.623 Dionn.E
![Copper Sun](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aacopper.jpeg)
Title: Copper Sun
By: Draper, Sharon
Published: 2006
2007 Author Winner
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Drape.S
![Home Is Not a Country](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/aahomeisnotacountry.jpeg)
Title: Home Is Not a Country
By: Elhillo, Safia
Published: 2021
2022 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Elhil.S
![Money Hungry](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aamoney.jpeg)
Title: Money Hungry
By: Flake, Sharon G.
Published: 2001
2002 Author Honor
Call number: J Flake.S
![Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aabrendan.jpeg)
Title: Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It
By: Frazier, Sundee
Published: 2007
2008 John Steptoe Winner for New Talent
Call number: J Frazi.S
![The Great Migration: Journey to the North](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aagreatmigration.jpeg)
Title: The Great Migration: Journey to the North
By: Greenfield, Eloise
Published: 2011
2012 Author Honor
Call number: x811 Green.E
![Bronx Masquerade](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aabronx.jpeg)
Title: Bronx Masquerade
By: Grimes, Nikki
Published: 2002
2003 Author Winner
Call number: J Grime.N
![Dark Sons](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aadarksons.jpeg)
Title: Dark Sons
By: Grimes, Nikki
Published: 2005
2006 Author Honor
Call number: J Grime.N
![The Road to Paris](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaroadparis.jpeg)
Title: The Road to Paris
By: Grimes, Nikki
Published: 2006
2007 Author Honor
Call number: J Grime.N
![Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aatalkin.jpeg)
Title: Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
By: Grimes, Nikki
Published: 2002
2003 Author Honor
Call number: J Grime.N
![Words with Wings](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aawordswithwings.jpeg)
Title: Words with Wings
By: Grimes, Nikki
Published: 2013
2014 Author Honor
Call number: x808 Grime.N
![A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aafewreddrops.jpeg)
Title: A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
By: Hartfield, Claire
Published: 2018
2019 Author Winner
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA 305.896 Hartf.C
![Missy Violet and Me](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aamissyviolet.jpeg)
Title: Missy Violet and Me
By: Hathaway, Barbara
Published: 2004
2005 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Call number: J Hatha.B
![Monday's Not Coming](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aamondays.jpeg)
Title: Monday's Not Coming
By: Jackson, Tiffany D.
Published: 2018
2019 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Jacks.T
![The First Part Last](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aafirstpartlast2.jpeg)
Title: The First Part Last
By: Johnson, Angela
Published: 2003
2004 Author Winner
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Johns.A
![The Parker Inheritance](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaparker.jpeg)
Title: The Parker Inheritance
By: Johnson, Varian
Published: 2018
2019 Author Honor
Call number: J Johns.V
![March (link to all titles)](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aamarch.jpeg)
Title: March (link to all titles)
By: Lewis, John
Published: 2013-2016
Book 1: 2014 Author Honor
Book 3: 2017 Author Winner
Note: These books can be found in the Adult and YA sections of our library. Volume 1 is in the children's graphic novel section as well.
Call number: Adult: 328.7309 Lewis.J
YA: YA 328.7309 Lewis.J
Children's: x328.73 Lewis.J
![Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aadayoftears.jpeg)
Title: Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
By: Lester, Julius
Published: 2005
2006 Author Winner
Call number: J Leste.J
![How It Went Down](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aahowitwentdown.jpeg)
Title: How It Went Down
By: Magoon, Kekla
Published: 2014
2015 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Magoo.K
![Revolution in Our Time](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/aarevolutiontime.jpeg)
Title: Revolution in Our Time
By: Magoon, Kekla
Published: 2021
2022 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA 322.42 Magoo.K
![The Rock and the River](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aarockriver.jpeg)
Title: The Rock and the River
By: Magoon, Kekla
Published: 2009
2010 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Call number: J Magoo.K
![The season of Styx Malone](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaseasonstyx.jpeg)
Title: The season of Styx Malone
By: Magoon, Kekla
Published: 2018
2019 Author Honor
Call number: J Magoo.K
![Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aatristan.jpeg)
Title: Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
By: Mbalia, Kwame
Published: 2019
2020 Author Honor
Call number: J Mbali.K
![Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aadaysofjubilee.jpeg)
Title: Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States
By: McKissack, Patricia
Published: 2003
2004 Author Honor
Call number: x973.7 Mckis.P
![Never Forgotten](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaneverforgotten.jpeg)
Title: Never Forgotten
By: McKissack, Patricia
Published: 2011
2012 Author Honor
Call number: J Mckis.P
![The Stars Beneath Our Feet](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aastars.jpeg)
Title: The Stars Beneath Our Feet
By: Moore, David Barclay
Published: 2017
2018 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Call number: J Moore.D
![Remember: The Journey to School Integration](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaremember.jpeg)
Title: Remember: The Journey to School Integration
By: Morrison, Toni
Published: 2005
2004 Author Winner
Call number: x379.263 Morri.T
![The Legend of Buddy Bush](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aalegendbuddy.jpeg)
Title: The Legend of Buddy Bush
By: Moses, Sheila P.
Published: 2004
2005 Author Honor
Call number: J Moses.S
![Darius & Twig](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aadarius.jpeg)
Title: Darius & Twig
By: Myers, Walter Dean
Published: 2013
2014 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Myers.W
![Lockdown](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aalockdown.jpeg)
Title: Lockdown
By: Myers, Walter Dean
Published: 2010
2011 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Myers.W
![Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaheartandsoul.jpeg)
Title: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
By: Nelson, Kadir
Published: 2011
2012 Author Winner
Call number: x973.0496 Nelso.K
![We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaweareship.jpeg)
Title: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
By: Nelson, Kadir
Published: 2008
2009 Author Winner
Call number: x796.35764 Nelso.K
![Carver: A Life in Poems](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aacarver.jpeg)
Title: Carver: A Life in Poems
By: Nelson, Marilyn
Published: 2001
2002 Author Honor
Call number: x811 Nelso.M
![Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aafortunes.jpeg)
Title: Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem
By: Nelson, Marilyn
Published: 2004
2005 Author Honor
Call number: x811 Nelso.M
![A Wreath for Emmett Till](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aawreath.jpeg)
Title: A Wreath for Emmett Till
By: Nelson, Marilyn
Published: 2005
2006 Author Honor
Call number: x811 Nelso.M
![Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aabadnews.jpeg)
Title: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall
By: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
Published: 2009
2010 Author Winner
Call number: xBiog Reeve.B Nelso.V
![Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aayummy.jpeg)
Title: Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
By: Neri, G.
Published: 2010
2011 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Neri.G
![The Stars and the Blackness Between Them](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aastarsandtheblackness.jpeg)
Title: The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
By: Petrus, Junauda
Published: 2019
2020 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Petru.J
![Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aahandinhand.jpeg)
Title: Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
By: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Published: 2012
2013 Author Winner
Call number: x973.0496 Pinkn.A
![Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaletitshinestories.jpeg)
Title: Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
By: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Published: 2000
2001 Author Honor
Call number: x920.72 Pinkn.A
![All American Boys](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaallamericanboys.jpeg)
Title: All American Boys
By: Reynolds, Jason with Brendan Kiely
Published: 2015
2016 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Reynol.J
![As Brave As You](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaasbrave.jpeg)
Title: As Brave As You
By: Reynolds, Jason
Published: 2016
2017 Author Honor
Call number: J Reyno.J
![The Boy in the Black Suit](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaboyinblacksuit.jpeg)
Title: The Boy in the Black Suit
By: Reynolds, Jason
Published: 2015
2016 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Reyno.J
![Long Way Down](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aalongwaydown.jpeg)
Title: Long Way Down
By: Reynolds, Jason
Published: 2017
2018 Author Honor
Call number: J Reyno.J
(check also YA Fiction Reyno.J)
![Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aalookbothways.jpeg)
Title: Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
By: Reynolds, Jason
Published: 2019
2020 Author Honor
Call number: J Reyno.J
![When I Was the Greatest](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aawheniwas.jpeg)
Title: When I Was the Greatest
By: Reynolds, Jason
Published: 2014
2015 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Reyno.J
![Ninth Ward](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaninthward.jpeg)
Title: Ninth Ward
By: Rhodes, Jewell Parker
Published: 2010
2011 Author Honor
Call number: J Rhode.J
![X: A Novel](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaxanovel.jpeg)
Title: X: A Novel
By: Shabazz, Ilyasah with Kekla Magoon
Published: 2015
2016 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Shaba.I
![Keeping the Night Watch](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aakeepingnightwatch.jpeg)
Title: Keeping the Night Watch
By: Smith, Anita Hope
Published: 2008
2009 Author Honor
Call number: J Smith.H
![The Way a Door Closes](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aawayadoorcloses.jpeg)
Title: The Way a Door Closes
By: Smith, Anita Hope
Published: 2003
2004 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Call number: x811 Smith.H
![Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aatwelverounds.jpeg)
Title: Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
By: Smith, Charles R., Jr.
Published: 2007
2008 Author Honor
Call number: xBiog Ali.M Smith.C
![Hoodoo](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aahoodoo.jpeg)
Title: Hoodoo
By: Smith, Ronald L.
Published: 2015
2016 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Call number: Smith.R
![All the Days Past, All the Days to Come](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/aaallthedayspast.jpeg)
Title: All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
By: Taylor, Mildred D.
Published: 2020
2021 Author Honor
Call number: YA Fiction Taylo.M
Please note: This title is in our YA section.
![The Land](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaland.jpeg)
Title: The Land
By: Taylor, Mildred D.
Published: 2000
2001 Author Winner
Call number: J Taylo.M
![The Hate U Give](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aahateugive.jpeg)
Title: The Hate U Give
By: Thomas, Angie
Published: 2017
2018 Author Honor
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Thoma.A
![The Blacker the Berry: Poems](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aablacker.jpeg)
Title: The Blacker the Berry: Poems
By: Thomas, Joyce Carol
Published: 2008
2009 Author Honor
Call number: x811 Thoma.J
![Piecing Me Together](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aapiecing.jpeg)
Title: Piecing Me Together
By: Watson, Renee
Published: 2017
2018 Author Winner
Call number: J Watso.R
![Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/aaunspeakable-1.jpeg)
Title: Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
By: Weatherford, Carole Boston
Published: 2021
2022 Author Winner
Call Number: x976.9 Weath.C
![Genesis Begins Again](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aagenesis.jpeg)
Title: Genesis Begins Again
By: Williams, Alicia D.
Published: 2019
2020 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Call number: J Willi.A
![Gone Crazy in Alabama](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aagonecrazy.jpeg)
Title: Gone Crazy in Alabama
By: Williams-Garcia, Rita
Published: 2015
2016 Author Winner
Call number: J Willi.R
![One Crazy Summer](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaonecrazy.jpeg)
Title: One Crazy Summer
By: Williams-Garcia, Rita
Published: 2010
2011 Author Winner
Call number: J Willi.R
![P.S. Be Eleven](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aapsbeeleven.jpeg)
Title: P.S. Be Eleven
By: Williams-Garcia, Rita
Published: 2012
2013 Author Winner
Call number: J Willi.R
![The Red Rose Box](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaredrosebox.jpeg)
Title: The Red Rose Box
By: Woods, Brenda
Published: 2002
2003 Author Honor
Call number: J Woods.B
![Before the Ever After](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aabeforeeverafter.jpeg)
Title: Before the Ever After
By: Woodson, Jacqueline
Published: 2020
2021 Author Winner
Call number: J Woods.J
![brown girl dreaming](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aabrowngirl.jpeg)
Title: brown girl dreaming
By: Woodson, Jacqueline
Published: 2014
2015 Author Winner
Call number: xBiog Woods.J Woods.J
![Each Kindness](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aaeachkindness.jpeg)
Title: Each Kindness
By: Woodson, Jacqueline
Published: 2012
2013 Author Honor
Call number: JPicture Woods.J
![Locomotion](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aalocomotion.jpeg)
Title: Locomotion
By: Woodson, Jacqueline
Published: 2003
2004 Author Honor
Call number: x811 Woods.J
![Miracle's Boys](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aamiracles.jpeg)
Title: Miracle's Boys
By: Woodson, Jacqueline
Published: 2000
2001 Author Honor
Call number: Woods.J
![The Sun Is Also a Star](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/aasunstar.jpeg)
Title: The Sun Is Also a Star
By: Yoon, Nicola
Published: 2016
2017 John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Note: This title is in our YA section.
Call number: YA Fiction Yoon.N
![The People Remember](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/aapeopleremember.jpeg)
Title: The People Remember
By: Zoboi, Ibi
Published: 2021
2022 Author Honor
Call number: x394.2 Zoboi.I (Kwanzaa book)