Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas is an author based in Atlanta who was born and raised in Mississippi. She won the inaugural Walter Dean Myers Grant from We Need Diverse Books. Her debut novel The Hate U Give became a #1 New York Times bestseller and remained on the list for nearly five years; it was adapted into a film by Fox 2000 starring Amandla Stenberg and directed by George Tillman Jr. Her second novel On the Come Up also reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted for film by Paramount, with Thomas serving as producer and drawing inspiration from the Biggie Smalls era.