Meet Kekla Magoon, an AWESOME author! Kekla Magoon writes award-winning books for teens. Titles include: How It Went Down, Shadows of Sherwood, and X: A Novel co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz. Ms. Magoon is the recipient of Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teens (2010, 2012, 2013, and 2016) and the Walter Dean Meyer Honor award for diversity in youth literature.