Award-Winning Author Nikki Grimes on the Power of Writing to Heal the Soul

Nikki Grimes is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of over 75 children’s and young adult books. She is also a poet and journalist. Through her career, which expands more than five decades, she has won many accolades. Her recent recognitions are the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) Award, the 2017 Children’s Literature Legacy Award, and the 2016 Virginia Hamilton Literary Award. 

In this episode, Nikki gets brutally honest about her tough and rough upbringing. She tells us about her journey of discovering the power of words at the mere age of 6 and how writing became her tool for coping with distress and surviving adversity. 

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