Her next story, Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, is about loss and features a boy and his grandfather. Although Williams-Garcia’s most recent release is the picture book, Bottle Cap Boys Dancing on Royal Street, she says she loves writing for middle grade readers. In reviews of Blue Tights and her other novels, she is praised for her ability to honestly portray the lives and experiences of inner city Black children growing up in America. In 1988, after many years of writing, rewriting, and manuscript rejections, Williams-Garcia’s first young adult novel, Blue Tights, was published.
Her first “unpublished” works consisted of stories and poems about her siblings, all written before entering elementary school. Williams-Garcia, a native of Queens, New York, began reading and writing at an early age. Bishop further states that “her work is marked by an authentic rendering of the styles and cadences of urban black language, some touches of humor, and strong, dynamic characterization.” Before then, she wrote mostly young adult novels, which were also recipients of awards and good reviews. The first book in the series, One Crazy Summer, was published in 2010. All of the books in Williams-Garcia’s Gaither Sisters middle grade series have won multiple prestigious awards and honors. Rita Williams-Garcia lives in Jamaica, New York, with her husband and has two adult daughters. Fast Talk on a Slow Track (all ALA Best Books for Young Adults) and Blue Tights. James.Some years ago, Rudine Sims Bishop declared that Rita Williams-Garcia could possibly be named “among the most prominent African-American literary artists of the next generation.” Fast forward to now, and it appears that Bishop’s declaration may be true. Photo of Rita Williams-Garcia Courtesy Rita Williams-Garcia. Rita Williams-Garcias Newbery Honor Book, One Crazy Summer, was a winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award.
You can visit her online at In this episode, Rita and I take a thoughtful and hilarious dive into her latest book, A Sitting in St. Rita Williams-Garcia lives in Jamaica, New York, with her husband and two adult daughters. Rita is also the author of five other distinguished novels for young adults: Jumped, a National Book Award finalist No Laughter Here, Every Time a Rainbow Dies (a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book), Fast Talk on a Slow Track (all ALA Best Books for Young Adults) and Blue Tights. Best Books for Young Adults) Blue Tights and Like Sisters on the Homefront. Her novel, Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, was a National Book Award finalist and winner of the NAACP Image Award finalist and winner of the NAACP Image Award for Youth/Teen Literature. Coretta Scott King Honor winner Rita Williams-Garcia uses her vividly. Be Eleven and Gone Crazy in Alabama, were both Coretta Scott King Author Award winners and ALA Notable Children's Books. Rita Williams-Garcia's Newbery Honor Book, One Crazy Summer, was a winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, a National Book Award finalist, the recipient of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and a New York Times bestseller. Audra Russell chats with author Rita Williams-Garcia.
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