Autumn Allen

Autumn Allen is an educator, an editor, an award-winnning author, and a children’s literature specialist. Her debut young adult novel, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO (Kokila/Penguin, 2023), was a People Magazine must-read for fall 2023, a Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of 2023, a Black Caucus of the ALA debut honor award winner, and is long listed for the Massachusetts Book Award. Her picture books, STEP ON BOARD: SCULPTING A MEMORIAL TO HARRIET TUBMAN, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, and ANSWERED PRAYERS, illustrated by Charly Palmer, are forthcoming from Knopf. Autumn is a senior editor at Barefoot Books and she teaches literature, writing and publishing to students of all ages. Autumn grew up in Boston and lives in Massachusetts with her family.