Jerry Craft

Jerry Craft is the New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author of the graphic novel, New Kid. In 2019 New Kid became the first graphic novel to win the Kirkus Prize in the �Young Readers� Literature� category. A few months later, it won the 2020 John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children�s literature. It is the first graphic novel in the Newbery�s nearly 100 year history to receive the award. Craft is only the fifth African American author to land the coveted prize. On the same day, New Kid was also awarded the Coretta Scott King award for an outstanding work by an African American writer. Craft is the second person to have simultaneously won both awards in the same year. Jerry published his second graphic novel, Class Act in October 2020. Jerry is also the creator of Mama�s Boyz, an award-winning comic strip which won the African American Literary Award five times. He is a cofounder of the Schomburg Center�s Annual Black Comic Book Festival. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts. jerrycraft.com

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