Jewell Parker Rhodes Fellowship for Emerging Voices – About Jewell

About Jewell Parker Rhodes

Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes is the New York Times bestselling author of several books for youth, including Ninth Ward; Towers Falling; Ghost Boys; Black Brother, Black Brother; Paradise on Fire; Treasure Island: Runaway Gold; and Will’s Race for Home, which won the Coretta Scott King Award. She is the recipient of many distinguished awards and honors, including the Coretta Scott King Author Honor, the Green Earth Book Award, an NAACP Image Award nomination, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, and the Octavia E. Butler Award. Rhodes is the Founding Artistic Director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and Virginia G. Piper Endowed Chair at Arizona State University.