Ibi Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and immigrated to the U.S. when she was four years old. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Ibi has been educator for over fifteen years, working as a writer-in-residence and volunteer mentor for organizations such as Teachers & Writers Collaborative and Girls Write Now. She founded creative writing programs and literacy initiatives for teen girls called the Daughters of Anacaona Writing Project and the Brooklyn Blossoms Book Club. Her writing has been published in The New York Times Book Review, the Horn Book Magazine, and The Rumpus, among others. Her debut novel, AMERICAN STREET, a National Book Award Finalist, was published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Her next YA novel, PRIDE, is due out in the Fall of 2018. Her middle grade debut, MY LIFE AS AN ICE-CREAM SANDWICH is forthcoming from Dutton/Penguin Books. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, and their three children. You can find her online at www.ibizoboi.net.