Sharon M. Draper

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | relatives = Victor D. Mills (father) Catherine Gachett Mills (mother) | alma_mater = Pepperdine University (BD) Miami University of Ohio (MA) | website = [https://sharondraper.com/ Official website] | awards = National Teacher of the Year (1997)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2015)
Charlotte Huck Award (2016) }} Sharon Mills Draper (born August 21, 1948) is an American children's writer, professional educator, and the 1997 National Teacher of the Year. She is a two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the young and adolescent African-American experience. She is known for her Hazelwood and Jericho series, ''Copper Sun,'' ''Double Dutch'', ''Out of My Mind'' and ''Romiette and Julio''. Provided by Wikipedia