M E E T AU T H O R Jacqueline WoodsonWINNER OF THE TULSA LIBRARY TRUST’S 2012 ANNE V. ZARROW AWARD FOR YOUNG READERS’ LITERATURE

•Zarrow Award PresentationFriday, Aug. 24 • 7 p.m.Central Library, second floor • Fourth Street and Denver Avenue

2012 Young People’s Creative Writing Contest Awards PresentationSaturday, Aug. 25 • 10 a.m.Hardesty Regional Library, Connor’s Cove • 8316 E. 93rd St.

•Jacqueline Woodson is the national award-winning author of 24 picture and young adult books. She is best known for “Miracle’s Boys,” which received the Coretta Scott King Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the American Library Association’s Best Book for Young Adults. In 2002, filmmaker Spike Lee turned “Miracle’s Boys” into a miniseries.

She garnered a Newbery Honor Medal for both “Feathers” and “Show Way.” Her book “Coming on Home Soon” received the Caldecott Honor. Her novel “Locomotion” was a National Book Award finalist and received a Coretta Scott King Honor distinction. In 1990, she released her first picture book, “Martin Luther King Jr. and His Birthday,” illustrated by Oklahoma artist Floyd Cooper. She partneredwith Cooper again for “Sweet, Sweet Memory” in 2000.

Woodson will speak about her life and works, and sign books at both events. Copies of her works will be available for purchasing.

Free and Open to the Public • TulsaLibrary.org • If you are hearing-impaired and need a qualified interpreter, please call the library 48 hours in advance of the program.