Tonya Bolden is the acclaimed author of more books than 40 books. She writes so that young people can know their history. Her books are primarily works of non-fiction that explores often forgotten pieces of the past.
Tonya was born and raised in New York City. She has earned degrees from Princeton and Columbia. Honors for her work include the CSK Author Award, The James Madison Book Award, and the Orbis Pictus award.

Three of Tonya’s books (listed below) have been challenged in 2023. It looks like they have all been returned to the school library shelves in Florida, Arkansas, Colorado and Pennsylvania.

Changing the Equation: 50+ Black Women in STEM
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide
One Person, No Vote

Contact:

Website: https://www.tonyaboldenbooks.com/
X: https://twitter.com/tonyaboldenbook

Books

Next book: Soul of the Court: The Trailblazing Life of Judge William Benson Bryant Sr. (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies); University Press of Mississippi, August 2024
Most recent: The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music; Anne Schwartz Books, 2023