Please join us for an evening with young adult author Angie Thomas.

Angie Thomas was born, raised, and still lives in Jackson, Mississippi. A former teen rapper, she holds a BFA in creative writing from Belhaven University. Her award-winning, acclaimed debut novel, The Hate U Give, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and major motion picture. Her second novel, On the Come Up, was released in 2019 and received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, and Kirkus. She is an inaugural winner of the Walter Dean Myers Grant 2015, awarded by We Need Diverse Books. Find out more about Angie Thomas here.

Doors will open at 19h00 for this event. Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Books will be available for purchase at the Library courtesy of The Red Wheelbarrow bookshop.

Evenings with an Author are free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of the Annenberg Foundation.