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Tracey Baptiste | |
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| Born | March 7, 1972 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | New York University (M.Ed) |
| Notable work | Black Enough (2019) |
| Website | traceybaptiste |
Tracey Baptiste (born 7 March 1972) is a children's horror author from the Caribbean who uses folk stories in her novels.
Born in Trinidad in 1972, Tracey Baptiste moved to Brooklyn, NY, when she was fifteen. [1] She received with an M.Ed. in elementary education from New York University after finishing a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature.
Baptiste went on to work as an elementary school teacher [2] and then a textbook editor. She lives in New Jersey where she works on her own novels and is part of the faculty in Lesley University where she is part of their creative writing MFA program. [3]
Baptiste wrote The Crash, a Minecraft novel which debuted on the New York Times best seller list in 2018. [4] She also writes nonfiction books for children. [5]
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