Lisa Stringfellow
Lisa Stringfellow is the author of A Comb of Wishes, which Newbery Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill called “one of the most promising works of fiction in a long time.” Lisa writes for her twelve-year-old self, the kid waiting to be the brown-skinned hero of an adventure, off saving the world.
Lisa’s work often reflects her West Indian and Black southern heritage. She received the inaugural Kweli Color of Children’s Literature Manuscript Award for a draft of her first novel, A Comb of Wishes, which was a Bram Stoker Award Finalist, an Indies Introduce Top Ten title, an Indie Next List selection, and a New England Booksellers Association Book Award Finalist.? Author P. Djèlí Clark calls her latest West African-inspired middle grade novel, Kingdom of Dust, “A fascinating fairy tale of memory, the power of storytelling, and magic!”
Her professional work has appeared in Edutopia, Education Week, and Independent Teacher Magazine and her happy place is her classroom of fifth and sixth graders, where she champions the rights of all children to see themselves in books.
She is a middle school teacher and lives in Boston, Massachusetts, with her children and bossy cat.
Learn more at Lisa Stringfellow’s official website
