Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas is a Mississippi-born author and former teen rapper.
Her debut novel, The Hate U Give, was acquired by Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins in a competitive 13-house auction and published in 2017.
The book's film rights were optioned by Fox 2000, with George Tillman directing and Amandla Stenberg starring.
Thomas holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Belhaven University and won the Walter Dean Meyers Grant in 2015.
Her background in hip-hop and experiences growing up in Jackson, Mississippi, inform her writing, which addresses important social issues through the lens of young adult fiction.
