Kwame Mbalia

Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, writer, New York Times bestselling author, and former pharmaceutical metrologist, in that order. His debut middle-grade novel, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor award. A Howard University graduate and a midwesterner now living in North Carolina, he enjoys impromptu dance sessions and Cheez-Its. He tweets @KSekou