Sharon G. Flake is the best known author of the ground-breaking novel The Skin I'm In. Considered a modern classic, this novel is used in classrooms worldwide and studied by experts in the field of education and literature. Flake is the best-selling author of over a dozen books, with nearly two million in print on six continents. She is a Kirkus Prize finalist and an NAACP Award Nominee and winner of multiple Coretta Scott King Honors and Awards. Her work has been named to Best Book lists for reluctant readers, young adult reading lists from New York to Texas, and best books for young readers.