Jerry Craft

Jerry is the creator of The Offenders: Saving The World While Serving Detention, a middle grade novel about bullying. He is also the creator of Mama's Boyz, an award-winning comic strip that has been distributed by King Features Syndicate to almost 900 publications since 1995; making him one of the few syndicated African-American cartoonists in the country. He has illustrated and / or written almost two dozen children's books and games and has won five African American Literary Awards. His work has appeared in national publications such as Essence Magazine, Ebony, and two Chicken Soup for the African American Soul books. For more information, email him at jerrycraft@aol.com or visit him on the web at www.jerrycraft.net