Tracey Baptiste
Tracey Baptiste (she/her) was born in Trinidad and lived there for fifteen years before moving to Brooklyn, New York. She is the New York Times best-selling author of Minecraft: The Crash , as well as the creepy Caribbean-inspired series the Jumbies, which includes The Jumbies , Rise of the Jumbies , and The Jumbie God's Revenge . Tracey has also written the contemporary YA novel Angel's Grace and many nonfiction books, including African Icons , which was named a Best Book of 2021 by the New...See more
Tracey Baptiste (she/her) was born in Trinidad and lived there for fifteen years before moving to Brooklyn, New York. She is the New York Times best-selling author of Minecraft: The Crash , as well as the creepy Caribbean-inspired series the Jumbies, which includes The Jumbies , Rise of the Jumbies , and The Jumbie God's Revenge . Tracey has also written the contemporary YA novel Angel's Grace and many nonfiction books, including African Icons , which was named a Best Book of 2021 by the New York Public Library, Kirkus , and School Library Journal . Tracey, a former elementary school teacher, is on the faculty at Lesley University's Creative Writing MFA program. She lives in New Jersey. Visit her online at TraceyBaptiste.com and Instagram @TraceyBaptisteWrites. See less
