Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander is a poet, children’s book author, playwright, producer, dynamic speaker, performer, and the author of fourteen books including And Then you Know: New and Selected Poems. He has delivered awe-inspiring keynote speeches, and performed his cutting-edge brand of poetry to audiences at numerous conferences, colleges and venues throughout the world From 2005-2011, Kwame was the founding producer of the Capital BookFest, an annual touring book festival that reached more than 10,000 book-lovers in Charleston, SC, Washington, DC, and Richmond, VA.