Tiffany D. Jackson is the author of the critically acclaimed, NAACP Image Award-nominated Allegedly and Monday's Not Coming. A TV professional by day, novelist by night, she received her bachelor of arts in film from Howard University and her master of arts in media studies from the New School. A Brooklyn native, she is a lover of naps, cookie dough, and beaches, currently residing in the borough she loves, most likely multitasking. You can visit her online at www.writeinbk.com. Angie Thomas has been a horticulturist for more than 25 years, is passionate about the many benefits of gardening, and about teaching and inspiring gardeners. She is also mad about growing food, flowers and filling her house with indoor plants.
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