Kekla Magoon is the author of several young adult novels: How It Went Down, for which she received a Coretta Scott King Honor; Shadows of Sherwood: A Robyn Hoodlum Adventure; Camo Girl; 37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order); Fire in the Streets; and The Rock and the River, for which she received the Coretta Scott King New Talent Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination. Raised in a biracial family in the Midwest, Kekla now teaches writing, conducts school and library visits nationwide, and serves on the Writers Council for the National Writing Project. She holds a BA in history from Northwestern University and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Visit her online at keklamagoon.​com.