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 ...

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 ...

Anissa Hidouk In Angie Thomas’ new novel ... explains why she likes to write for teens rather than adults, and how the Black Lives Matter movement and Tupac inspired her novel.

Angie Thomas is the author of The Hate U Give ... The autobiographical title poem, which inspired my novel's title, movingly describes the beauty and resilience that can be found in so many ...

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.

Novelist Angie Thomas has built a huge readership with her ... A: “Parents, get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” I have parents who write to me and say, “I loved ‘The Hate U Give ...

Author Angie Thomas will visit Syracuse ... who was born and raised in Mississippi, Thomas now resides in Atlanta and holds a BFC in creative writing from Belhaven University.

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 ...