Tracey Baptiste

Tracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of Minecraft: The Crash and the acclaimed middle grade fantasy trilogy The Jumbies. which are Junior Library Guild Selections and received multiple starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. Angel’s Grace was named one of the 100 best books for reading and sharing. She has also written the middle grade nonfiction African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History, as well as the popular picture books: Because Claudette and Mermaid and Pirate. She taught at the Lesley University MFA program.