Jason Reynolds author biography, plus links to books by Jason Reynolds.

Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books for children and young adults. A 2024 MacArthur Fellow, Jason is best known for his novels, including the New York Times bestseller Twenty-Four Seconds from Now ..., which received the Coretta Scott King Author Award and seven starred reviews; Long Way Down, which received Newbery, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Honors; All American Boys (co-written with Brendan Kiely), which received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor and the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature; and the Track series, of which the first book, Ghost, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

This biography was last updated on 04/14/2026.

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