Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds is a 2024 MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant Winner
Jason Reynolds is the #24 Bestselling Black Author in America for 2024
Jason Reynolds is a Top 100 AALBC.com Bestselling Author Making Our List 7 Times
Biography of Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds knows there are a lot—A LOT—of people, young, old, and in-between, who hate reading. He knows that many of these book haters are boys. He also knows that many of these book-hating boys, don’t actually hate books, they hate boredom. If you are reading this, and you happen to be one of these boys, first of all, you’re reading this Jason’s master plan is already working (muahahahahahaha) and second of all, know that Jason totally feels you. He REALLY does. Because even though he’s a writer, he hates reading boring books too.
So here’s what he plans to do: NOT WRITE BORING BOOKS.
Reynolds is a graduate of The University of Maryland, College Park. He has been reviewed and profiled in The Washington Post, NPR books, Kirkus, Hornbook, School Library Journal, WNYC, Publisher’s Weekly, Poets & Writers, Gawker, mentioned as a standout in the Wall Street Journal, AM New York, Ebony Magazine, was awarded as a top book of the year by the New York Public Library system.
Reynolds is a 2024 MacArthur Foundation’s “Genius” Grant Winner, for ”Depicting the rich inner lives of kids of color and ensuring that they see themselves and their communities in literature.“
The recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and multiple Coretta Scott King honors, Reynolds is also the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. He has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Late Night with Seth Meyers, CBS Sunday Morning, Good Morning America, and various media outlets. He is on faculty at Lesley University, for the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington, DC (Photo credit © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation-used with permission).
Learn more at Jason Reynolds’s official website.
