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Kwame Mbalia

Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, and New York Times bestselling author of the Tristan Strong series, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor award for Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky. Kwame also cowrote Last Gate of the Emperor with Prince Joel Makonnen and edited the instant New York Times best seller Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood. Kwame lives with his wife and children near Raleigh, North Carolina, where he is currently working on several projects—including a new middle-grade series—and cultivating cutting edge dad jokes.
Star Wars: The Last Order
Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You
Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2)
Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky

Books

Star Wars: The Last Order
Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You
Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2)
Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky

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