Christopher Paul Curtis
American children's writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1953 · age 73
Christopher Paul Curtis is an American children's book author. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, was published in 1995 and brought him immediate national recognition, receiving the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award and the Newbery Honor Book Award, in addition to numerous other awards.
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In 2000, he became the first person to win both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award - prizes received for his second novel Bud, Not Buddy - and the first African-American man to win the Newbery Medal. His novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 was made into a television film in 2013.
