Sharon G Flake

Sharon Flake is the author of the award-winning novel, The Skin I'm In, which was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start. Since then she has become a multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner and has been hailed as the voice of middlegrade youth by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Many of her novels have received Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults citations from the American Library Association. Her writing has been applauded for its on-point narrative that explores issues affecting teens from all walks of life. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.