The 2017 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Author Winner is given to Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin for “March Book: Three,” published by Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works LLC.
The 2017 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Illustrator Winner is given to Javaka Steptoe, illustrator and author of "Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat,” published by Little, Brown and Company.
The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent affirms new talent and offers visibility for excellence in writing and/or illustration at the beginning of a career as a published African-American creator of children’s books. This year’s winner is Nicola Yoon for “The Sun Is Also a Star” published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Read about the 2017 Honor Books and the Lifetime Achievement award on the ALA Coretta Scott King Book Awards website.