Hello—thank you for visiting my website. I am the author of numerous award-winning picture-book biographies and the illustrator of more than eighty critically acclaimed trade and educational books for youth.
My newly published book is called A Poem For Dudley Randall (Abrams, Sept. 2026), the story of a child who discovered the power of poetry at four years old and grew up to found a publishing empire!
A recent book that I illustrated includes a Little Golden Book Biography of Prince (January 2026)! Read more about it in Black Enterprise Magazine and at CBS News!
Some of my previous authored books include Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (Peachtree, 2015); It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started To Draw (Lee & Low Books, 2012), William Still and His Freedom Stories: Father of the Underground Railroad (Peachtree, Nov. 2020); and others.
In addition to writing and illustrating, I enjoy presenting at elementary schools, reading and writing conferences, book and literary festivals. Please contact me for more information.