Patricia Hruby Powell

Patricia Hruby Powell is the author of Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker , which earned five starred reviews and won a Robert F. Sibert Nonfiction Honor, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, and Parent's Choice Gold for Poetry. She is also the author of the YA documentary novel Loving Vs. Virginia, which was an Indie Next Pick; Struttin' With Some Barbecue , a Kirkus Reviews Best Book; and Lift as You Climb , a picture book biography of...See more

Patricia Hruby Powell is the author of Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker , which earned five starred reviews and won a Robert F. Sibert Nonfiction Honor, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, and Parent's Choice Gold for Poetry. She is also the author of the YA documentary novel Loving Vs. Virginia, which was an Indie Next Pick; Struttin' With Some Barbecue , a Kirkus Reviews Best Book; and Lift as You Climb , a picture book biography of Ella Baker. Visit her at TalesforAllAges.com. See less