Ibi Zoboi

Find Ibi Here:

• Pronouns: She/Her
• Pronunciation: Click for Audio
• Website: ibizoboi.net
• Twitter: @ibizoboi
• Instagram: @ibizoboi
• Facebook: izoboi
• Goodreads: Here
• Speaking Engagements:
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Books

Nigeria Jones (TBD) Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins

Okoye To The People: A Black Panther Novel (March 1, 2022) Marvel Press

• ISBN-13:‎ 978-1368046978

Punching the Air (September 1, 2020) Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins

• ISBN-13: 978-0062996480
• Starred Review: Kirkus
• Starred Review: School Library Journal
• Starred Review: Publishers Weekly

Pride (September 18, 2018) Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins

• ISBN-13: 978-0062564047
• Starred Review: School Library Journal
• Starred Review: Publishers Weekly

American Street (February 14, 2017) Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins

• ISBN-13: 978-0062473042
• Starred Review: Kirkus
• Starred Review: School Library Journal
• Starred Review: Publishers Weekly

Anthologies

COOL. AWKWARD. BLACK Edited by Karen Strong (2023) Philomel

Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed Edited by Saraciea J. Fennell (September 14, 2021) Flatiron Books

That Way Madness Lies Edited by Dahlia Adler (March 16, 2021) Flatiron Books

• ISBN-13: 978-1250753861

A Phoenix First Must Burn Edited by Patrice Caldwell (March 10, 2020) Viking Books for Young Readers

• ISBN-13: 978-1984835659
• Starred Review: Kirkus
• Starred Review: Publishers Weekly

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America Edited by Ibi Zoboi (January 8, 2019) Balzer + Bray

• ISBN-13: 978-0062698728
• Starred Review: Kirkus
• Starred Review: School Library Journal
• Starred Review: Publishers Weekly

Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love Edited by Heather Demetrios (December 18, 2018) Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

• ISBN-13: 978-1250170903

Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet. (January 2, 2018) HMH Books for Young Readers

• ISBN-13:978-1328759870

Podcast Interviews

• 88 Cups of Tea
  • September 2, 2020

Fun Facts

Ibi Zoboi shares the same birthday (June 22) as Octavia Butler.