Renée Watson has topped bestseller lists and won multiple awards for her children’s and young adult literature. But the Portland-born author recently released her first book for adults.

When the school's founder, Hannah-Jones, who also co-author the children's book "Born on the Water" with Renee Watson, found out about the withdrawal, she contacted fellow authors about putting ...

Bookmarks is excited to welcome two esteemed 2025 NAACP Image Award nominees, Renée Watson and Tia Williams, back to Winston-Salem this February. Following a successful launch event in November 2024, ...

Portland native Renée Watson, author of "All the Blues in the Sky", joined us to share the inspiration behind the book and what she hopes readers take away when they finish.

Here are five books to read this February according to author Kwame Alexander who stopped by the 3rd hour of TODAY on February 3.

First published last May, this adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Renée Watson follows a plus-size Black single mother living in Portland, OR.

Nikki Giovanni was a one-of-a-kind writing talent who tackled everything from racism to love to life and death in her works.

NEW YORK — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared blunt and ...

Nikki Giovanni, a renowned poet, author, educator and public speaker, was the subject of the award-winning documentary "Going to Mars." ...

The poet, author, educator and public speaker Nikki Giovanni has died at 81. She went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity sharing her takes on ...