An Evening with Nic Stone in Conversation with Kimberly Jones

Nic Stone is the New York Times bestselling author of Clean Getaway, which received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, who called it “an absolute firecracker of a book.” She is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling and William C. Morris Award finalist Dear Martin, its New York Times bestselling sequel Dear Justyce, and the acclaimed novels Odd One Out and Jackpot for teens. Boom Town is Nic's first adult novel. She is a Spelman graduate and lives in Atlanta with her adorable family.

Kimberly Jones is an New York Times Bestseller and NAACP Image Award Nominee. She is also a Root 100 Most Influential African Americans, and GQ Germany Voice of the Year. An American author and filmmaker, Kimberly Jones is known for the New York Times bestselling young adult novel, I’m Not Dying With You Tonight. The book was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award in 2020.

She is also known for the viral video “How Can We Win” published during the George Floyd protest. That same year, a seven-minute video featuring Kim using a Monopoly analogy to explain the history of racism and its impact on Black Americans went viral. Trevor Noah, LeBron James, Madonna, and more shared the viral video. Shows like Last Week Tonight with John Oliver also featured the video. Kim subsequently signed an overall deal with Warner Brothers via her production company Push Films with her partner DeWayne “Duprano” Martin.