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Jacqueline Woodson

1963 - Today

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Jacqueline Amanda Woodson (born February 12, 1963) is an American writer of books for children and adolescents. She is best known for Miracle's Boys, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles Brown Girl Dreaming, After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way. After serving as the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, she was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, by the Library of Congress, for 2018 to 2019. Her novel Another Brooklyn was shortlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Jacqueline Woodson is the 7,395th most popular writer (down from 7,228th in 2024), the 18,693rd most popular biography from United States (down from 18,108th in 2019) and the 1,224th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jacqueline Woodson ranks 7,395 out of 7,302. Before her are Ta-Nehisi Coates, Becky Chambers, Christine Blasey Ford, Douglas Stuart, Stanley Donwood, and Stanislav Aseyev. After her are Matthew Reilly, Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Aminatta Forna, Dareen Tatour, Matthew Quick, and Teju Cole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Jacqueline Woodson ranks 1,175. Before her are Richard Appel, John Simmit, Rabia Salihu Sa'id, Babatunde Fashola, John Andretti, and Tracey E. Bregman. After her are Katsushi Kajii, Bill Stevenson, Joe Scarborough, Yang Min, Brad Henry, and Saurabh Shukla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacqueline Woodson ranks 18,701 out of 20,380. Before her are Todd Young (1972), Dalilah Muhammad (1990), Brian Patrick Wade (1978), Rowan Blanchard (2001), Andrew R. Wheeler (1964), and Spencer Locke (1991). After her are Alison Sweeney (1976), Jon Husted (1967), Romy Rosemont (1964), Tyler James Williams (1992), Crash Holly (1971), and Maya Erskine (1987).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jacqueline Woodson ranks 1,224. Before her are Roxane Gay (1974), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (1973), Gwen Ifill (1955), Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1973), Ta-Nehisi Coates (1975), and Becky Chambers (1985). After her are Matthew Quick (1973), Teju Cole (1975), Megan Abbott (1971), Josh Singer (1972), Lauren Groff (1978), and Peter Sohn (1977).

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