As a kid, author Angie Thomas loved books, but as a teenager she hated them. Why? Because there weren't characters like her. "'Twilight' was big when I was a kid — and I have nothing against ...

In Angie Thomas's novel On the Come Up ... with me the most,” Angie (who also wrote The Hate U Give) tells Teen Vogue. “As a teenager, I didn't connect with many books because it was hard ...

"I also hope that it makes them look at the real Bris out here who are doing their thing and give them a little more homage and respect." The film, which is billed as a "love letter to hip-hop ...

Before finding her voice in young adult fiction, author Angie Thomas wanted to rap as a teenager. But she wasn’t good at it, so she decided to study creative writing when she got to college.

NPR's Noel King talks to young adult author Angie Thomas about her book: Concrete Rose. It goes back in time to tell the story of the parents of Starr Carter, the teenage girl in The Hate U Give.

That this complicated teenager with fake Timberlands and a ... [Read our Q & A with Angie Thomas about “On the Come Up”] Bri may be written off as a threat or a nobody at her school for ...

Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas’ latest young adult novel ... is a prequel to Thomas’ smash bestseller The Hate U Give, which followed teenager Starr Carter after she witnessed her friend get ...

Angie Thomas, author of 'The Hate U Give,' is one of the authors who will be at the North Texas Teen Book Festival.(Angie Thomas) One of the book's many strengths is the way it tells a story of ...

JACKSON — Angie Thomas was 6 years-old when she was caught ... Angie's best-selling novel, "The Hate U Give," follows a young teenager named Starr who witnesses a police officer shooting and ...

Teen Vogue: Has this story been inside you for a while, or did you have a sudden inspiration? Angie Thomas: It’s been in me for a while. I first got the idea when I was a senior in college in 2010.

But I had to think back to when I was a teenager, and I had to think about ... You could look at that and say, “Yeah, this is another Angie book.” From the beginning, I was honest with my ...

First, Angie Thomas talks about The Hate You Give, in which an unarmed black teenager is killed by a police officer. Thomas reflects on victims of racial injustice in this discussion. Then ...