Order of Ibi Zoboi Books

Ibi Zoboi is a writer from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where she was born before her family moved to New York when she was four. She is known for her YA novel American Street, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Zoboi also wrote Pride, a contemporary YA adaptation of the classic by Jane Austen. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Besides her writing career, Ibi is an educator who has received multiple grants from the Brooklyn Arts Council for her community programs aimed at teen girls. She resides in Maplewood, New Jersey, with her husband and children.