![]() In 2020, Angie released FIND YOUR VOICE: A Guided Journal to Writing Your Truth as a tool to help aspiring writers tell their stories. ![]() ![]() THE HATE U GIVE was adapted into a critically acclaimed film from Fox 2000, starring Amandla Stenberg and directed by George Tillman, Jr.Īngie’s second novel, ON THE COME UP, is a #1 New York Times bestseller as well, and a film is in development with Paramount Pictures with Angie acting as a producer. Morris Debut Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (USA), the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize (UK), and the Deutscher Jugendliterapreis (Germany). It was later acquired by the Balzer+Bray imprint of HarperCollins Publishers in a 13-publisher auction and debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, winning the ALA’s William C. Her debut novel, THE HATE U GIVE, started as a senior project in college. She can also still rap if needed.Īngie is an inaugural winner of the Walter Dean Myers Grant 2015, awarded by We Need Diverse Books. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Belhaven University and an unofficial degree in Hip Hop. ![]() She is a former teen rapper whose greatest accomplishment was an article about her in Right-On Magazine. Angie Thomas was born, raised, and still resides in Jackson, Mississippi, as indicated by her accent. ![]()
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