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Jerry Craft



JERRY CRAFT is an author and illustrator. New Kid is his middle grade graphic novel that has earned five starred reviews, including one from Booklist magazine, which called it “possibly one of the most important graphic novels of the year.” Kirkus Reviews called it “an engrossing, humorous, and vitally important graphic novel that should be required reading in every middle school in America.
”He is the creator of Mama’s Boyz, a comic strip that was distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1995-2013, and won five African American Literary Awards. Jerry is a co-founder of the Schomburg’s Annual Black Comic Book Festival. He was born in Harlem and grew up in nearby Washington Heights. He is a graduate of The Fieldston School and received his B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts.

 

Awards: Newbery (2020)

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Romance
 
New and upcoming books
May 2025

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J vs. K
 
Series
New Kid
   1. New Kid (2019)
   2. Class Act (2019)
   3. School Trip (2023)
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Novels
   House Party (2023) (with others)
   J vs. K (2025) (with Kwame Alexander)
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