Amina Luqman-Dawson

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Intro

American writer

Places

United States of America

Writer Children's writer

Work field

Literature

Gender

Female

Education

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, USA

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, Alameda County, USA

Awards

Newbery Medal

(2023)

Coretta Scott King Award

(2023)

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Biography

Amina Luqman-Dawson is an American writer and author of the book Freewater. She is also the author of the pictorial book Images of America: African Americans of Petersburg and has published op-eds in both The Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle. She is the first black woman to win both the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Book Award.

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