Black Excellence: Kacen Callender
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Kacen Callender (born September 19, 1989) is a Saint Thomian author of children’s fiction and fantasy, best known for their Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award—winning middle grade debut Hurricane Child (2018).[1] Their fantasy novel, Queen of the Conquered, is the 2020 winner of the World Fantasy Award,[2] and King and the Dragonflies won the 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature.[3][4]