Sharon G Flake
Best Selling Author and Keynote Speaker
- Role
- Best Selling Children and Keynote Speaker at Penguin Random House
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sharon G Flake
Sharon G. Flake is an internationally recognized, best-selling author of books for children and teens.Her novel, The Skin I\'m In, is considered a modern classic. With over one million copiesin print, the book has had a generational impact on young people who were introduced to it by their teachers, relatives, and faith leaders among others. Most recently, the book jacket received views on Twitter within thirty hours. Flake\'s work has been translated into French, Italian, Korean and Portuguese. She has earnednumerous awards including several Coretta Scott King Honors; the YWCA RacialJustice Award and the Detroit Public Library Outstanding Book of the Year Award.She is also a 2021 finalist for the prestigious @kirkus international literary prize and an NAACP Image Award Nominee. Her work has been included among the following: Kirkus Review Top Ten Books of the Year; Best Books for Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association (ALA); Top Ten Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library; Top Twenty Recommended Books to Readby the Texas Library Association; a Junior Library Guide Selection; 100 Books EveryTeenage Girl Should Read; Booklist Editor’s Choice Award; Coretta Scott King- JohnSteptoe New Talent Award; Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers by ALA; BestChildren’s Book by Bank Street College of Education; California Young Readers MedalNominee for “Children’s Choice Awards; LA Times Recommended Summer Reading Listfor Teens; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh “One Community, One Book”; Top TenRomance books for Teens.She is a former spokesperson for Reading is Fundamental (Pittsburgh), a National BookFoundation Fellowship recipient, and a presenter at the Library of Congress NationalBook Festival. During her career, she has spoken to approximately students.\"Sharon G. Flake is a master class in connecting with young audiences. Fromthe moment she walks into an auditorium, students are her first priority. Reading. Asking questions. Sharing personal insights. These are just a fewways Sharon and her audiences become one. Students walk away enthralled,enthusiastic about her books, feeling they have been seen, heard and respected.\"Laura KovacsExecutive Producer, Author EventsFree Library of Philadelphia
Experience
Best Selling Children and Keynote Speaker
Jan 1998 — Present · US
Education
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor's degree, English Writing
1973 — 1978
Simon Gratz High School
English Writing
1970 — 1973
Touro University
Bachelor's degree, English Writing
Skills
- Author
- Public Speaker
- Fiction
- Public Speaking
- Books
- Editing
- Community Outreach
- Magazines
- Publications
- Blogging
- Novels
- Creative Writing
- Public Relations
- Teaching
- Publishing
- Press Releases
- Entertainment
- Fiction Writing
- Proofreading
- Journalism
- Copy Editing
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