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AUTHOR Rosa Guy

ROSA GUY is the author of two fiction titles under the SANKOFA BOOKS imprint, Ruby and New Guys Around the Block. Both titles are works of fiction for young adults. Guy was born in Trinidad and immigrated with her family to Harlem at the age of seven. Orphaned as a teen, Rosa and her sister lived in many different foster homes, and Rosa quit school for the world of work when she was 14. But she always loved to read and write, and soon joined the American Negro Theatre and attended New York University where she studied theater and writing. She later co-founded the Harlem Writers Guild, a writing workshop for aspiring Black writers. Rosa's own literary debut, Bird at My Window, was published in 1966. She has since written more than a dozen other published works, many of which are rooted in experiences from her own childhood. Much of her writing for young adults also deals with family and family members' responsibility to care and love one another.

In July 2005, Rosa was honored for her great body of literary work with the Phyllis Wheatley Award, given by the Harlem Book Fair. She lives in New York.

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Rosie Guy Series
Ruby

Rosie Guy Series

New Guys Around the Block

- African American Daily Quote For Kids
Believing in yourself takes courage. Facing the future takes hope Carry both in your heart. —Rosa Parks, 1995 from Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth ...

- A Conversation With Author Omar Tyree
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- A Conversation With Marimba Books Author Margo Sorenson
This month, Marimba Books releases Aloha for Carol Ann, a picture book about an eight-year-old who moves to Hawaii and struggles to feel at home in this new place until she discovers the true meaning of aloha, a Hawaiian term that means "hello," "welcome"...

- Author Nikki Grimes
NIKKI GRIMES is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults. She was born in Harlem in 1950 and began writing when she was six. She has been writing ever since. Nikki received her B.A. from Livingston College of Rutgers University...

- Author Wade Hudson
WADE HUDSON is the president and CEO of Just Us Books, Inc. an independent publishing company he founded with his wife, Cheryl Willis Hudson. His career as a writer spans more than three decades. After his involvement in the civil rights movement...

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