Winsome Bingham
Winsome Bingham is an author and literacy advocate for reading and authentic representation of children and communities in children’s literature. Her book, THE TABLE, co-written with Wiley Blevins, & illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Jason Griffin have already received two starred reviews; and is a Junior Library Guild Selection. She is a connoisseur of soul food and a master cook (at KidLit dinner parties, reunions, and get-togethers). She is a teacher by trade and a disabled military veteran by circumstance. She received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education, and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults.
Other books by Winsome Bingham include THE WALK, which centers voting, community, and hope. It received multiple starred reviews and was shortlisted for the Jane Addams Award. Her debut book, SOUL FOOD SUNDAY, was one of The New York Times Best Books of the Year, as well as the winner of the Connecticut Book Award, and made multiple Best Books of the Year list including Publishers Weekly and Bank Street College of Education. She authored THE FORT GOODE series, a chapter books series centering children of military servicemembers and published by Reycraft Books.
This fall, two more books written by her will hit the bookstores. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Molly Mendoza; and MISSING MOMMA, illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell.
