About the Author Sharon Draper is a two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author, most recently for Copper Sun , and previously for Forged by Fire . She's also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Author Award for New Talent for Tears of a Tiger and the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for The Battle of Jericho and November Blues . Her other books include Romiette and Julio , Darkness Before Dawn , and Double Dutch .
She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years. She's a popular conference speaker, addressing educational and literary groups both nationally and internationally. For more information visit her online at www.sharondraper.com.ence speaker, addressing educational and literary groups both nationally and internationally.