Ibi Zoboi

Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times bestselling author of American Street , a National Book Award finalist; Nigeria Jones , a Coretta Scott King Award winner; Pride ; My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich ; Star Child ; Okoye to the People ; the Walter Award-winning Punching the Air , cowritten with Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam; and the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning picture book The People Remember . She is also the editor of the anthology Black Enough . Born in Haiti and raised in New York...See more

Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times bestselling author of American Street , a National Book Award finalist; Nigeria Jones , a Coretta Scott King Award winner; Pride ; My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich ; Star Child ; Okoye to the People ; the Walter Award-winning Punching the Air , cowritten with Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam; and the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning picture book The People Remember . She is also the editor of the anthology Black Enough . Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, she now lives in New Jersey with her family. You can find her online at ibizoboi.net. See less