Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon author biography, plus links to books by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon.

Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon

Ilyasah Shabazz, third daughter of Malcolm X, is an activist, producer, motivational speaker, and author of the critically acclaimed Growing Up X and the picture book Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X. She lives in Westchester County, New York.

Kekla Magoon is an award-winning author of many young adult novels, including The Rock and the River, for which she received the 2010 Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe Award for New Talent. Kekla Magoon lives in New York City.

This biography was last updated on 01/06/2015.

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