NY Times best-selling children's book writer, Derrick Barnes, talks in depth with Theo Baker about his childhood, how he works, fatherhood, and how after years of struggling to make it as  a writer, he made up his mind to "make the Blackest books he could possibly make."

For all the latest about Derrick, please head over to derrickdbarnes.com, or follow him on Instagram at @authorderrickdbarnes and twitter @Author_DDB.

For more info about the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, please visit SCBWI.org. 
 
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