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Jason Reynolds
Reynolds in 2020
Reynolds in 2020
Born (1983-12-06) December 6, 1983 (age 40)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Maryland
GenreYoung adult fiction
Notable works
Notable awardsCoretta Scott King Award
NAACP Image Award
Carnegie Medal
Margaret A. Edwards Award
MacArthur Fellowship
Website
jasonwritesbooks.com
Literature portal

Jason Reynolds (born December 6, 1983) is an American author of novels and poetry for young adult and middle grade audiences. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in neighboring Oxon Hill, Maryland, Reynolds found inspiration in rap and had an early focus on poetry, publishing several poetry collections before his first novel in 2014, When I Was the Greatest, which won the John Steptoe Award for New Talent.

In the next four years, Reynolds wrote eight more novels, most notably the New York Times best-selling Track series — Ghost (2016), Patina (2017), Sunny (2018), Lu (2018) — and As Brave as You (2016). Ghost was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and As Brave as You won the Kirkus Prize, the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teen, and the Schneider Family Book Award. Reynolds also wrote a Marvel Comics novel called Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2017).

In 2017, Reynolds returned to poetry with Long Way Down, a novel in verse that was named a Newbery Honor book, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, and best young adult work by the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards. In 2019, he wrote Look Both Ways, for which he won a Carnegie Medal.

From 2020 to 2022, Reynolds was the Library of Congress' National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.[1][2]

In 2023, Reynolds won the Margaret Edwards Award.[3]

In 2024, Reynolds was named a MacArthur Fellow.[4]

Early life, education and influences

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Reynolds was born on December 6, 1983,[5][6][7] in Washington, DC, and grew up just across Maryland border in Oxon Hill,[8] a neighborhood where his mother, a special education teacher in a Maryland public school, could afford a house with a yard and enough space for Reynolds, his three siblings, and sometimes other extended family.[9]

At nine years old, Reynolds was inspired by Queen Latifah's third album, Black Reign, to start writing poetry.[10] Outside of her rap, few literary works spoke to his experience of urban life growing up as a black child and then teenager in the 1980s and 1990s, and he didn't start reading books until he was 17.[10] In the meantime, Tupac and Biggie also formed major influences.[9]

One of Reynolds's earliest poems dealt with his grandmother's death in 1994 when he was 10.[11][12] He wrote a few lines in an effort to console his mother, who printed the poem on the program for the funeral, and after that Reynolds wrote poems as each of his grandmother's siblings passed.[12] Moved by these experiences of "the power of language",[11] he continued to pursue poetry through high school, graduating from Bishop McNamara High School in 2000,[9] and college, even as he received poor grades and discouragement from professors in his English courses[10] at the University of Maryland (he ultimately graduated with a BA in English.)[13]

While an undergraduate, Reynolds met collaborator Jason Griffin, who became his roommate.[12] Reynolds was also introduced to spoken word in this period[12] and began performing,[14] including eventually solo shows, and in 2001,[12] his first book came out, a poetry collection called Let Me Speak.[15]

During college, Reynolds also worked at a DC bookstore chain called Karibu Books, which specialized in African-American literature.[9] At Karibu he encountered prose that resonated with him for the first time, such as Richard Wright's novel Black Boy.[10] Enthralled with Wright's novel from the first page, Reynolds next began making his way through the great works of African-American literature on the store's shelves, reading James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, and Toni Morrison.[10] While at Karibu he also encountered street fiction, also known as urban fiction, which is a literary genre Reynolds compares to rap's capacity for being "raw and honest. For some kids, this was their life."[10]

Personal life

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Reynolds moved back to Washington, D.C., from Brooklyn in 2016.[9] He collects items related to African-American literature, including a letter by Langston Hughes, a pre-publication review copy of Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land and an autographed first edition copy of Toni Morrison's Beloved. He appeared on Antiques Roadshow in 2021 to discuss his collecting.[16]

Selected works

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Reynolds does not start with a particular age audience in mind; instead he focuses on trying to write the voice of his characters authentically and lets that dictate whom the book would appeal to.[17] All of his writings feature minority characters, which he sees as a reflection of the modern world.[17]

Early works

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After graduating from college, Reynolds moved to New York with a classmate, Jason Griffin; in 2005, the pair self-published a collaboration, collecting Griffin's visual art and Reynolds's poetry, called SELF.[12][8] The book earned the pair an agent and then a book contract.[12] Four years later they published My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way, a memoir about moving to New York to pursue their dreams, expressed through Reynolds's poetry and Griffin's illustrations.[18] They published the book with the HarperTeen imprint of HarperCollins, working with editor Joanna Cotler (after Cotler retired, she referred him to Caitlin Dlouhy, who would become the editor on his next seven books).[9] In the meantime, Reynolds moved home to DC in 2008 after losing his apartment in New York.[11] He worked at a department store—the Lord & Taylor in North Bethesda, Maryland—to pay the bills, going to a Borders bookstore on his lunch break to see his book arrive on the shelf in 2009. Next, he became a caseworker in a mental health clinic his father directed.[8]

Eventually, Reynolds returned to New York, again working in retail while he applied to graduate school, unsuccessfully because of his college grades.[8] Nevertheless, he began writing a young adult novel[5]—"often while standing at the cash register when business was slow" at the Rag & Bone store he managed[8]—spurred by his friend Chris Myers, son of Walter Dean Myers and himself an author and illustrator. Reynolds had told Chris he had basically stopped writing, but Chris pointed out that with his father aging (the elder Myers died in 2014), there would soon be a shortage of new works written about young black children, particularly black boys. He suggested Reynolds look at some of his father's old works, and The Young Landlords particularly connected with Reynolds; the work gave Reynolds the confidence to "write in my voice, use my tongue, my language, my style, and write a story. Before that I always felt like I wasn't good enough because I wasn't Baldwin, or Toni Mor, or Richard Wright", but after reading Myers's work, "the floodgates were opened."[11]

In 2014, Reynolds published When I Was The Greatest (with the Atheneum Books imprint of Simon & Schuster),[19] a young adult novel set in Reynolds' own neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant.[20] For the work, Reynolds won the 2015 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent from the American Library Association.[11]

In 2015, Reynolds published The Boy in the Black Suit, about a child grieving the loss of his mother.[8] It won a Coretta Scott King Honor from the American Library Association.

All American Boys (2015)

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Main article: All American Boys

Also in 2015, Reynolds published All American Boys, co-authored with Brendan Kiely.[21] The book depicts a black teenager assaulted in a convenience store by a white police officer who wrongly suspects him of stealing. The book is written in two voices, with Reynolds writing from the point of view of the teenaged victim, Rashad Butler, in a hospital bed, while Kiely wrote the character Quinn Collins, a white teenager and family friend of the police officer, who witnessed the violent attack.[21] In a review for The New York Times, Kelka Magoon found both main characters "successfully drawn" and called the novel "a book to be grappled with, challenged by, and discussed. All American Boys represents one voice—even better, two voices—in a national conversation that must continue beyond its pages."[21]

The book arose from personal conversations between Reynolds, who is black, and Kiely, who is white. The two met on a Simon & Schuster book tour in 2013, which coincided with the news that George Zimmerman had been acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin. Though strangers, Reynolds and Kiely began to share their feelings, each finding the other was "as frustrated as angry and as confused as I was", as Reynolds put it. A friendship developed and the conversations continued with increasing urgency; after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, Kiely reached out to Reynolds to propose they write a book addressing police brutality and racial profiling.[22]

The book won the inaugural Walter Dean Myers Award from the We Need Diverse Books organization,[23] as well as a Coretta Scott King Honor.[24]

As Brave as You (2016)

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Main article: As Brave as You

In 2016, Reynolds published As Brave as You,[25] which won the 2016 Kirkus Prize,[26][27] the 2017 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teen,[28] the 2017 Schneider Family Book Award,[29] and the 2017 Coretta Scott King Honor.[30] The book describes two African-American brothers from Brooklyn who are sent to spend the summer with their grandfather in Virginia.[31] In The Washington Post, a reviewer said, "Reynolds deftly blends humor and heart through lively dialogue and spot-on sibling dynamics."[24]

Track series (2016-2018)

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The Track series follows a different protagonist in each novel, all of whom are members of the Defenders, an elite track team. In 2016, Reynolds published Ghost,[32] a National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.[33] Reviewing Ghost in The New York Times, Kate Messner said that in his title character, Reynolds has created a protagonist "whose journey is so genuine that he's worthy of a place alongside Ramona and Joey Pigza on the bookshelves where our most beloved, imperfect characters live."[34] Ghost was published by the Caitlyn Dlouhy imprint of Atheneum on August 30, 2016.[35]

Three more books have followed in the series.[36] Patina (2017) depicts another young star runner, Patina "Patty" Jones.[37] Patty feels out of place at her nearly all-white private school. Patty and her younger sister live with their dead father's brother and his white wife because their birth mother is unable to take care of them after losing her legs due to diabetes. Critics noted the deft way the book handles many issues[38] including teamwork[37][38][39] and non-traditional family structures.[38][37] This was the first book Reynolds had written with a female point of view.[40] Reynolds wanted to write about the special burdens some teen girls assume in their families.[40] In his The New York Times review, Tom Rinaldi called the novel "excellent".[36] The book was also well received by other reviewers, earning a starred review in Kirkus Reviews,[37] School Library Journal,[39] The Horn Book Magazine,[41] and Booklist.[38]

The third installment in the series, called Sunny, was released on April 10, 2018.[42] Paste magazine named the audiobook, narrated by Guy Lockard, one of the 13 best of 2018 to date, saying, "The whole series is a must-listen, but Sunny is a particular treat" thanks to the Lockard's portrayal of the "lolling, goofball voice" of the novel's first-person protagonist.[43]

The fourth installment in the series, called Lu, was released October 23, 2018.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2017)

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Reynolds is the author of Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2017),[44][45] a novel based on the Marvel Comics' Afro-Puerto Rican teen character.[46] Reynolds has described his ambitions for the book as similar to Jordan Peele's approach to Get Out, namely to engage the audience with systemic social issues by "distill[ing] it down to a single family." Speaking to School Library Journal, Reynolds said, "It was a trip to take these issues I care so much about and figure out what they look like as a person. What do they sound like? How do they dress? How do they act? What do they do?"[46] Reviewing the book for the Washington City Paper, Kayla Randall said, "The result...was exceptional."[30]

This book was one of the most popular written.

Long Way Down (2017)

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Main article: Long Way Down (book)

Reynolds's 2017 book, Long Way Down, is a novel written in verse.[9] It describes a 15-year-old who sees his brother shot to death,[5] drawing on Reynolds's experience of having a friend murdered when Reynolds was 19.[5] Reynolds was moved to write the book by his visits to juvenile detention centers, where he frequently encounters children caught in a cycle of violence that, under slightly different circumstances, might have been his own: Reynolds has said that after his own friend's murder, he and other friends planned to seek revenge but never did so as the perpetrator wasn't conclusively identified, something he looked back on and "realized how lucky that was."[9] Long Way Down was named a 2018 Newbery Honor book by the American Library Association,[47] a Michael L. Printz Honor Book,[47] best young adult work at the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards,[48] a Walter Dean Myers Award from the We Need Diverse Books organization, a Coretta Scott King Honor, and a finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teens.[49] An adaptation by Martine Kei Green-Rogers of Long Way Down was commissioned by the Kennedy Center and performed at the Kennedy Center's Family Theater in October/November 2018.

In October 2020, a graphic novel edition of Long Way Down was published with art by Danica Novgorodoff.[50]

For Every One (2018)

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Reynolds and psychologist Manfred Günther, Library Festival Berlin 2018

On April 10, 2018, Reynolds released For Every One,[51] a work of poetry. He originally performed the poem at the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial at the Kennedy Center.[52] Two weeks later, Reynolds occupied three slots on The New York Times best-seller lists for children's literature: two on the young adult hardcover list (Long Way Down and For Every One),[53] and one on the children's series list for the Track series.[54]

"Ten Things I've Been Meaning to Say to You" (2018)

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Reynolds published a list for teenagers with 10 things he thought they should know about life and their futures. It was posted on May 28, 2018, on Powell's Book Blog.[55]

Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks (2019)

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Main article: Look Both Ways (Reynolds novel)

Look Both Ways was published on October 8, 2019. The story is told across ten blocks in different perspectives as middle schoolers walk home from school.[56] On the day of its release, Look Both Ways became a finalist for the National Book Award[57] and later made the New York Times Best Sellers List.[58] Jason Reynolds explained that he wanted to explore kids' autonomy in this book, saying, "It is a time when they are unsupervised" and they "get to learn about the world on their own, for better or for worse."[59] He won the 2021 Carnegie Medal for the book.[60]

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (2019-2021)

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Reynolds at the National Book Festival in 2022
Main article: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Reynolds announced Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You in August 2019 in collaboration with Ibram X. Kendi.[61] Releasing in March 2020, Reynolds' book is an adaptation of Kendi's book Stamped from the Beginning, which won the National Book Award in 2016.[61] The book is for teens and young adults and serves to start a conversation among them about race and racism in America.[61] Reynolds says, "I think that we have a rare opportunity to give the historical context of how we made it here today. This is the definitive history of race in America from the 1400s to today. It isn't about how to fix it per se. It's just about contextualizing why it is the way it is."[62]

In 2021, Reynolds, alongside Kendi and Sonja Cherry-Paul, published Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You, which was illustrated by Rachelle Baker. The book is a New York Times best seller.[63]

Podcast series, Radiotopia presents: My Mother Made Me (2022)

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In 2022, Reynolds wrote and hosted My Mother Made Me, a podcast he made in collaboration with Radiotopia. The podcast description reads, "My Mother Made Me is a four-episode series from Radiotopia Presents, where writer Jason Reynolds and his mother, Isabell, explore their shared history, how she raised him, and what they’re teaching each other. They go deep – birth, death, spirituality… but they also keep it light: pushing a cart through Costco, birthday lunches, and hitting the casino together. That’s just how they do."[64]

Selected awards and honors

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Selected accolades for Jason Reynolds
Year Work Accolade Result Ref.
2015 When I Was the Greatest John Steptoe New Talent Award Winner [65]
2016 Ghost National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist [66]
All American Boys Walter Dean Myers Award Winner [67]
Coretta Scott King Award Honor [68]
The Boy in the Black Suit Coretta Scott King Award Honor [68]
2017 Ghost American Library Association's Best Fiction for Young Adults Top 10 [69]
As Brave as You Coretta Scott King Award Honor [68]
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teens Winner [70]
Ghost Odyssey Award Honor [71][72]
2018 Long Way Down Coretta Scott King Award Honor [68][73]
Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Work Winner [74]
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teens Finalist [75]
Newbery Medal Honor [73]
Michael L. Printz Award Honor [76]
2019 Look Both Ways National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist [77]
2020 Coretta Scott King Award Honor [68]
2021 Carnegie Medal Winner [78]
2023 When I Was the Greatest (2014)
All American Boys (2015)
Long Way Down (2017) 		Margaret Edwards Award Winner [79]
2024 The Collectors: Stories Michael L. Printz Award Winner [80]

Honors

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Publications

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Standalone books

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  • —— (2001). Let Me Speak. Baltimore: Mwaza Publications. ISBN 9780971766341.
  • —— (2005). Self. Co-written with Jason Griffin. Mwaza Publications. ISBN 9780971766389.
  • —— (2009). My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way. Illustrations by Jason Griffin. HarperTeen. ISBN 9780061547881.
  • —— (2014). When I Was the Greatest. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN 9781442459472.
  • —— (2015). The Boy in the Black Suit. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN 9781442459502.
  • —— (2015). All American Boys. Co-written by Brendan Kiely. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN 9781481463331.
  • —— (2016). As Brave as You. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN 9781481415903.
  • —— (2017). Miles Morales, Spider-Man. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. New York and Los Angeles: Marvel. ISBN 9781484787489.
  • —— (2017). Long Way Down. New York: Atheneum. ISBN 9781481438254.
  • —— (2018). For Every One. New York: Atheneum. ISBN 9781481486248.
  • —— (2019). Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks. Illustrated by Alexander Nabaum. New York: Atheneum. ISBN 9781481438285.
  • —— (2020). Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. Co-written by Ibram X. Kendi. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 9780316453691.
  • —— (2020). Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You. Co-written by Ibram X. Kendi, adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul, and illustrated by Rachelle Baker. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 9780316453691.
  • —— (2022). Ain't Burned All the Bright. Artwork by Jason Griffin. New York: Atheneum. ISBN 9781534439467.

Stuntboy series

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Track series

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Podcast series

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See also

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  • Tomi Adeyemi, 21st-century African-American young adult novelist
  • Eve Ewing, 21st-century African-American poet and scholar of education
  • Ronald L. Smith, 21st-century African-American children's book author
  • Javaka Steptoe, 21st-century African-American children's book author and illustrator
  • Angie Thomas, 21st-century African-American young adult novelist

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