Greg Neri

G. Neri is the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty and the Odyssey Honor-winning Ghetto Cowboy. He is the recipient of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Most Promising Poet Award for his first book of verse, Chess Rumble. He and his family live on the Gulf coast of Florida. You can read more about him and his books at http://www.gregneri.com/.