Kwame Mbalia
Author

Kwame Mbalia

Kwame Mbalia is an American writer.

Our catalogue lists 4 books by Kwame Mbalia, mostly mythic fiction, adventure fiction and urban fantasy. They span 2019 to 2022. The most-read is Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (2019).

Books by Kwame Mbalia

Awards

  • ✦Ignyte Awards 2022 — Best in Middle Grade, Tristan Strong Keeps Punching (nominee)
  • 🏆Ignyte Awards 2020 — Best in Middle Grade, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (winner)

Biography

Kwame is a husband, father, writer, a New York Times bestselling author, and a former pharmaceutical metrologist, in that order. His debut middle-grade novel, ***Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky***, was awarded a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, and it—along with the sequels ***Tristan Strong Destroys the World*** and ***Tristan Strong Keeps Punching***—is published by *Rick Riordan Presents*/Disney-Hyperion. He is the co-author of ***Last Gate of the Emperor*** with [Prince Joel Makonnen](https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL9186499A), from Scholastic Books, and the editor of ***Black Boy Joy***, a middle grade anthology from Delacourte. A Howard University graduate and a Midwesterner now in North Carolina, he survives on Dad jokes and Cheezits. ([Source](https://www.kwamembalia.com/about/))

Authors like Kwame Mbalia