Mildred D.Taylor

Children’s author and Peace Corps alumna Mildred D.Taylor (MJour) is the winner of the 2021 Children’s Literature Legacy Award, which honors an author or illustrator whose books have made a significant and lasting contribution to literature for children. Mildred’s award-winning works include Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry , which won the 1977 Newbery Medal; The Friendship; The Road to Memphis; and The Land — all recipients of the Coretta Scott King Award. Mildred is also the recipient of the 2020 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.