Kwame Mbalia

Kwame is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times bestselling author, and a former pharmaceutical metrologist, in that order. His debut middle-grade novel, ***Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky***, was awarded a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and it—along with the sequels ***Tristan Strong Destroys the World*** and ***Tristan Strong Keeps Punching***—is published by *Rick Riordan Presents*/Disney-Hyperion. He is the co-author of ***Last Gate of the Emperor*** with Prince Joel Makonnen, from Scholastic Books, and the editor of ***Black Boy Joy***, a middle grade anthology from Delacourte. A Howard University graduate and a Midwesterner now in North Carolina, he survives on Dad jokes and Cheezits.

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• Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
  Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019
• The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities

  
  The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities 2021
• Tristan Strong Destroys the World
  Tristan Strong Destroys the World 2020
• Black Boy Joy
  Black Boy Joy 2021