Tracey Baptiste

Tracey Baptiste (born 7 March 1972) is a children's horror author from the Caribbean who uses folk stories in her novels.

Tracey Baptiste
Born7 March 1972
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
NationalityAmerican
EducationM.Ed
Alma materNew York University
Websitehttps://traceybaptiste.com/about

Biography

Born in Trinidad in 1972, Tracey Baptiste moved to Brooklyn, NY, when she was fifteen.[1] She received with an M.Ed. in elementary education from New York University after finishing a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature.

Baptiste went on to work as an elementary school teacher[2] and then a textbook editor. She lives in New Jersey where she works on her own novels and is part of the faculty in Lesley University where she is part of their creative writing MFA program.[3]

Baptiste wrote The Crash, a Minecraft novel which debuted on the New York Times best seller list in 2018.[4] She also writes nonfiction books for children.

Selected works
  • Angel's Grace (2005)
  • The Totally Gross History of Ancient Egypt (2016)
  • Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin : civil rights heroes, (First Second, New York, 2023) ISBN 9781250174215

Minecraft Universe
  • The Crash (Del Rey, New York, 2018) ISBN 9780399180675

The Jumbies
  • The Jumbies (2015)[5]
  • Rise of the Jumbies (Algonquin Young Readers, 2017) ISBN 9781616206659
  • The Jumbies God's Revenge (Algonquin Young Readers, 2019) ISBN 9781643750002[6]
  • Looking for a jumbie, (Balzer + Bray, 2021) ISBN 9780062970817

Short fiction
  • Ma Laja (2017)

Anthologies
  • Black Enough (as editor) (Balzer + Bray, 2019) ISBN 9780062698735

References
  1. "Tracey Baptiste". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  2. Writer, Bobbi Booker Tribune Staff. "New York Times bestselling author Tracey Baptiste headlines STEMCraft". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  3. "Caribbean mermaids and evil spirits with Tracey Baptiste | Lesley University". lesley.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  4. "Children's Middle Grade Hardcover Books - Best Sellers - July 29, 2018 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  5. "Review of the Day: The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste — @fuseeight A Fuse #8 Production". blogs.slj.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  6. Baptiste, Tracey; Davis, Maya. "THE JUMBIE GOD'S REVENGE". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2020-02-22.

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