Jerry Craft
Before Jerry Craft ever earned a Newbery Medal or found his name on bestseller lists, he was a kid in Washington Heights sketching comics that reflected a world he recognized—funny, heartfelt, awkward, and real. Long before graphic novels were considered literature, Craft believed they could be more than superheroes and sound effects. They could be mirrors. Craft writes the kind of stories he wishes he had growing up—stories where kids of color aren’t sidekicks or cautionary tales, but complex, hilarious, fully human leads. In New Kid, his breakout middle grade graphic novel, readers meet Jordan Banks, a quiet, artistic kid navigating a…