2024 Coretta Scott King Author Award goes to Ibi Zoboi for “Nigeria Jones”

Golden Libraries

10 months ago

The Coretta Scott King Book Author Award recognizing an African American author went to Ibi Zoboi for “Nigeria Jones.” The book was published by Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins Publishers). This award is given by the American Library Association each year. In addition to the Author award, there is also an Illustrator award.

In addition, there were three Honor Titles as well:

“Big” (Vashti Harrison)
“How Do You Spell Unfair?: Magnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee” (Carole Boston Weatherford)
“Kin: Rooted in Hope” (Carole Boston Weatherford)

Title	Author	Pub Year	Version
“Nigeria Jones”	Ibi Zoboi	2023	Library Binding \| Paperback \| Kindle
“Big”	Vashti Harrison	2023	Hardcover \| Kindle
“How Do You Spell Unfair?”	Carole Boston Weatherford Frank Morrison*	2023	Hardcover \| Kindle
“Kin: Rooted in Hope	Carole Boston Weatherford Jeffery Boston Weatherford*	2023	Hardcover \| Audio CD \| Kindle

*Illustrator. Boldface = Winner