Jason Reynolds

Winner of the Coretta Scott King/Johnson Steptoe Award for new talent, Jason Reynolds is the author of several children’s books, including “When I Was the Greatest,” “Boy in the Black Suit,” and “All American Boys” (co-written with Brendan Kiely). His latest is “As Brave as You,” a middle-grade book in which two brothers try to determine how brave they can be, until everything backfires.