2024 Medalist, Author Christina Wyman
2023 Medalist, Author Lisa Yee
2022 Medalist, Author Veera Hiranandani
Fast Facts about Veera: Veera Hiranandani is the award-winning author of several books for young people. Her most recent middle-grade novel, Amil and The After, is a follow-up to her previous Newbery Honor-winning,The Night Diary. A former book editor at Simon & Schuster, she’s now a faculty member with the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at The Vermont College of Fine Arts.
2021 Medalist, Author Daniel Nayeri
Fast Facts about Daniel: Daniel Nayeri was born in Iran and spent some years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age eight with his family. He is the author of several books for young readers, including Everything Sad is Untrue (A True Story) and Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow: Four Novellas. He lives with his family in New Jersey.
Honor Book: When Stars Are Scattered, by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
2020 Medalist, Author Jason Reynolds
Fast Facts about Jason: Lives in Washington; writes an average of three books a year; graduated from the University of Maryland; didn’t read his first book until age 17; can crochet a sweater; won the Newbery Honor, the Kirkus Prize, An NAACP Image Award, a Prinz Honor, an Edgar Award and a National Book Award Finalist; Upon being named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for 2020-21: “This isn’t an award; this is a role, it’s a responsibility. And I’m going to make sure I do my very best to uphold it and make something of it.”