Nikki Grimes

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Nikki Grimes is the author of Ordinary Hazards (WordSong, 2019), which received the Michael Printz Honor and the Robert F. Sibert Honor, both awarded by the American Library Association (ALA), and the 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. She is also the recipient of the 2020 ALAN Award for outstanding contributions to young adult literature, the 2017 Children’s Literature Legacy Award, and the 2006 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. 

Grimes lives in Corona, California.