Meet the Author: Greg Neri

Greg Neri is the Coretta Scott King honor-winning author of Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty and the recipient of the Lee
Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award for his free-verse novella, Chess Rumble. His novels include Knockout Games, Surf Mules, and the Horace
Mann Upstander Award-winning, Ghetto Cowboy. His latest is the free-verse picture book bio, Hello, I’m Johnny Cash. Prior to becoming a writer, Neri was a filmmaker, a digital media producer, and an animator/illustrator. You can find him online at www.gneri.com.