So I walked away from the set one day telling myself, I've got to write a book about Maverick ... young people in your life that specifically inspired this version of Maverick?

Is "On the Come Up" Based on a True Story? According to Thomas, she was "inspired to write 'On the Come Up' for several reasons" — one of them being that her life mirrors its main character.

Angie Thomas certainly thinks so ... AB: What inspired you when it came to writing OTCU? AT: I was inspired by a lot of things. I was inspired by hip hop and how it empowers so many young people ...

Angie Thomas, the author of The Hate You Give ... racism and violence to create the page-turning book. “I was inspired to write the ‘The Hate You Give’ my first year of college.

Four years after publishing The Hate U Give, a Black Lives Matter-inspired novel that has spent 200 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, Angie Thomas ... and how writing saved her sanity ...

Angie Thomas, courtesy of Anissa Photography "Sometimes the hardest criticism that you can receive is not from strangers, it's from the people you love," Thomas says. "It was important to write a ...

When the killing of George Floyd ignited outrage across the country, author Angie Thomas ... is that I inspired the next generation of activists then I’m happy with that,” Thomas said.

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.

Angie Thomas, author of “The Hate U Give,” is at once warm, funny and unapologetically blunt about race and being black in America. Speaking at First Parish Church in Cambridge with WBUR’s ...

CANTON, Miss. — Bestselling author Angie Thomas on Thursday surprised a senior at a Mississippi high school with a full-ride scholarship for creative writing to the private university where ...

Angie Thomas's bestselling debut novel ... was a big audience for diverse stories among kids. Since then, Thomas has gone on to write a string of successful YA novels, but now she's back with ...

This week, author Angie Thomas shared some exciting news with ... In the caption, Angie shared details about the new novel, writing, "After months of waiting (and trolling on my part), I can ...