Jewell Parker Rhodes
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About
Best-selling novelist and educator whose work includes the New York Times bestsellers Black Brother and Ghost Boys. She has been the recipient of The Walter Award, the Indies Choice/EB White Read-Aloud Award, and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Older Readers.
Before Fame
She obtained a Doctor of Arts in English from Carnegie Mellon University. Her first novel, Voodoo Dreams, was published in 1993.
Trivia
In 2006, she released a non-fiction work titled Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness.
Family Life
She was born in the United States.
Associated With
Both she and Josh Groban attended Carnegie Mellon University.
