Tracey Baptiste

Tracey Baptiste is the New York Times bestselling author of Minecraft: The Crash, as well as the creepy Caribbean series The Jumbies which includes The Jumbies, Rise of the Jumbies, and The Jumbie God’s Revenge. She is also the author of the contemporary novel Angel’s Grace, and 9 nonfiction books for kids in elementary through high school. She is a former elementary school teacher and is on the faculty at Lesley University’s Creative Writing MFA Program. Her name is pronounced buh-TEEST. You can find out more about her at www.traceybaptiste.com.

“Tracey Baptiste is extremely easy to learn from, and fun! She is very knowledgeable, listens, and has many examples and flexibility when teaching and sharing.”

Blog Posts by Tracey Baptiste

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