Jewell parker rhodes biography channel

American writer

Jewell Parker Rhodes (born 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American bestselling novelist and educator.

She is the author of several books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Black Brother, Black Brother and Ghost Boys, which has garnered over 50 awards and honors including The Walter Award, the Indies Choice/EB White Read-Aloud Award, and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award for Older Readers.

Rhodes is also the author of Soul Step, Treasure Island: Runaway Gold, Paradise on Fire, Towers Falling and the celebrated Louisiana Girls Trilogy, which includes Ninth Ward, winner of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award, Sugar, and Bayou Magic. Her most recent novel for young readers, Will's Race for Home, is an Indies Next Pick, an Amazon Editors' Pick, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and has garnered three starred reviews.

Rhodes has written six adult novels: Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Wo