Brandy Colbert

Brandy Colbert

Brandy Colbert has written at least 18 books. Their most popular book is Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft with 72 saves with an average rating of 3.9⭐.

Author Bio

Brandy Colbert is the award-winning author of several books for children and teens, including Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which was the winner of the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and a finalist for the American Library Association's Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award. Her other acclaimed books include Pointe, The Only Black Girls in Town, and Stonewall Book Award winner Little & Lion. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, and her short stories and essays have appeared in several critically acclaimed anthologies for young people. She is on faculty at Hamline University's MFA program in writing for children, and lives in Los Angeles.

https://www.brandycolbert.com/

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft
ByJessica Spotswood(Editor),Tess Sharpe(Editor)

2018 • 72 Readers • 405 pages 3.9

Little & Lion

Little & Lion
ByBrandy Colbert

2017 • 65 Readers • 327 pages 3.6

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

2019 • 54 Readers • 416 pages 3.9

Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories

Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories
ByLeigh Bardugo,Francesca Lia Block,+9 more

2016 • 42 Readers • 388 pages 3.7

The Voting Booth

The Voting Booth
ByBrandy Colbert

2020 • 39 Readers • 293 pages 3.5

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

2021 • 39 Readers • 224 pages 4.3

Pointe

Pointe
ByBrandy Colbert

2014 • 37 Readers • 352 pages 3.7

Only Black Girls in Town

Only Black Girls in Town
ByBrandy Colbert

2020 • 23 Readers • 368 pages 4.7

Finding Yvonne

Finding Yvonne
ByBrandy Colbert

2018 • 21 Readers • 276 pages 3.6

Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America

2018 • 19 Readers • 320 pages 4.3

Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise

Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise
ByBrandy Colbert,Kathleen Glasgow,+10 more

2021 • 17 Readers • 353 pages

The Blackwoods

The Blackwoods
ByBrandy Colbert

2023 • 16 Readers • 384 pages 3.5

Three Sides of a Heart: Stories about Love Triangles

Three Sides of a Heart: Stories about Love Triangles
ByRae Carson,Brandy Colbert,+13 more

2017 • 15 Readers • 448 pages 2.3

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph

2019 • 13 Readers • 336 pages 4

Feral Youth

Feral Youth
ByShaun David Hutchinson,Suzanne Young,+8 more

2017 • 8 Readers • 320 pages 3.5

Foreshadow: A Serial YA Anthology of Short Stories

Foreshadow: A Serial YA Anthology of Short Stories
ByMalinda Lo(Contributor),Randy Ribay(Contributor)

2019 • 3 Readers