Kwame Alexander (born August 21, 1968) is an American writer of poetry and children's fiction.

Alexander attended Virginia Tech, where he began premedical studies before taking a writing class with award-winning poet[2] Nikki Giovanni.

[3] On May 11, 2024, Alexander received an honorary doctorate degree from American University in Washington, DC.

[4] Alexander's picture book Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band was selected for the 2014 "Michigan Reads!

[20] In 2023, the adaptation of The Crossover, the Newberry-award winning verse novel won the Outstanding Young Teen Series award at the second annual Children's and Family Emmy Awards, which took place in Los Angeles on 17 December 2023.