Шэрон Дрейпер - афро-американская писательница, многократный лауреат премии Коретты Скотт Кинг, школьная учительница и мама «особого» ребенка. Ее книги неоднократно получали различные награды, в том числе дважды Coretta Scott King Award.
Tears of a Tiger (Simon and Schuster, 1993)
Forged by Fire (Simon and Schuster, 1997)
Do a barrel Roll! The Peppy Hare story (Simon and Schuster, 1997)
Darkness Before Dawn' (Simon and Schuster, 2001)
Romiette and Julio (Simon and Schuster, 1999)
Double Dutch (Simon and Schuster, 2002)
The Battle of Jericho (Simon and Schuster, 2003)
Copper Sun (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
November Blues (Simon and Schuster, 2007)
Fire from the Rock (Dutton, 2006)
We Beat the Street (Dutton, 2005)
Teaching from the Heart (Heinemann, 1999)
Not Quite Burned Out But Crispy Around the Edges (Heinemann, 2001)
Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: The Buried Bones Mystery (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: Lost in the Tunnel of Time (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: Shadows of Caesar's Creek (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: The Space Mission Adventure (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
Teaching from the Heart (Heinemann, 1999)
Not Quite Burned Out, But Crispy around the Edges (Heinemann, 2001)
Sassy: Little Sister Is NOT My Name!
Just Another Hero (Simon and Schuster, 2009)
Out of My Mind (Atheneum Books, 2010)/ Привет, давай поговорим (Розовый жираф, 2012)