Patricia Hruby Powell wrote Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, which received five starred reviews and a Robert F. Kennedy Award. Parent's Choice Gold for Poetry, Sibert Nonfiction Honor, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, and Sibert Nonfiction Honor In addition, she is the author of the YA documentary novel Love Versus. Virginia was an Indie Next Choice; Struttin' With Some Barbeque was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book; and Lift as You Climb, a picture book biography of Ella Baker, was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book. Her website is TalesforAllAges.com.