Meet the Author: Alicia D. Williams

Join Kalamazoo Public Library and Kalamazoo Public Schools for an exciting interview with award-winning author Alicia D. Williams! Williams is the author of Genesis Begins Again, which received a Newbery and Kirkus Prize honors, was a William C. Morris Award finalist, and for which she won the Coretta Scott King—John Steptoe Award for New Talent. A graduate of the MFA program at Hamline University, and an oral storyteller in the African American tradition, she is also a teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Hear Williams’ development process for writing her books, including the acclaimed Genesis Begins Again.

Recorded 10/28/2020

Categories: Authors @ KPL; Children; Entertainment; Family; Teen

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