Scott Alexander King

Kwame Alexander (born August 21, 1968) is an American writer of poetry and children's fiction. == Personal life and education == Alexander was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Virginia. His father was a scholar and book publisher and his mother was an educator. Alexander attended Virginia Tech, where he began premedical studies before taking a writing class with award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni. On May 11, 2024, Alexander received an honorary doctorate degree from American Universi…