AWARDS

2022 Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Award - finalist (longlist) - Balloon Dog

2022 Writer’s Bone Podcast, “Best Books of 2022” - Balloon Dog

2019 NAACP Image Award – Outstanding Literary Work (Instructional) – Rise & Grind  (with Daymond John)

2017 NAACP Image Award – Outstanding Literary Work (Instructional) – Display of Power (with Daymond John)

2017 Tufts University Alumni Awards – Distinguished Achievement Award

2016 Foreword INDIES Finalist – Adult Literary Fiction – A Single Happened Thing

2009 ALA Booklist – Best Book of the Year (nominee) – The Girl in the Green Sweater (with Krystyna Chiger)

2007 Library Journal - Top Ten Business Book – Display of Power (with Daymond John)

2006 Quill Award – Best Sports Book – Get Your Own Damn Beer, I’m Watching the Game! (with Holly Robinson Peete)

1999 Top Ten Sports Book of the Year – Amazon.com – The Ball: Mark McGwire’s 70th Home Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream

1989 Top Ten Books of the Year – School Library Journal – The Imperfect Mirror: Reflections of Television Newswomen

1988 Best Book of the Year – School Library Journal – Theo & Me: Growing Up Okay (with Malcolm-Jamal Warner)