Coretta Scott King Award
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The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Coretta Scott King Book Award Round Table, part of the American Library Association. Named for Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luthe
Scott King in 1993
Sharon Draper won the Steptoe Award before going on to win two Coretta Scott King Awards
Ashley Bryan has won the award as both an author and illustrator and has been recognized 12 total times
Christopher Paul Curtis became the first author to win the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award in the same year for Bud, Not Buddy.
Sharon M. Draper
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Sharon Mills Draper is an American children's writer, professional educator, and the 1997 National Teacher of the Year. She is a two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the you
Coretta Scott King Award
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Draper at BookExpo America in 2018
Draper in 2015