derrickbarnes.com
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Bio
Derrick Barnes is the author of two early reader titles: Stop, Drop and
Chill (Just For You/Scholastic) and The Low Down Bad Day Blues (Just For
You/Scholastic). He's also the creator/author behind the extremely
popular Ruby and the Booker Boys series: Brand New School, Brave New Ruby;
Trivia Queen, Third Grade Supreme; The Slumber Party Payback; and Ruby
Flips for Attention, published by Scholastic. Barnes'YA novel The
Making of Dr. Truelove (Simon Pulse) was an ALA Quick Picks selection and has been
hailed by the New York Public Library
as one of the "100 Best Books for
the Teen Age." His first middle grade and hardcover title, We Could Be
Brothers, was published by Scholastic Press. Derrick is a graduate of Jackson State University with a BA in Marketing. Prior to becoming an author, he was hired as the first African American male copywriter in the history of Hallmark Cards. Derrick and his wife reside in Kansas City,
Missouri, with their four sons.
