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Jerry Craft
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About
Children's author and best-selling graphic novel illustrator. He is one of few African-American children illustrators and cartoonists.
Before Fame
Before becoming a novelist, he worked for twelve years as a copywriter.
Trivia
He was awarded a Newbery Medal for his 2020 novel New Kid, which was a New York Times best-selling book of 2020.
Family Life
He grew up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. He would later attend the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in the Upper West side.
Associated With
He met cartoonist Jim Keefe on a November 2023 trip to the Midwestern US.
