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Mariama J. Lockington is an adoptee, author, and educator. She has been telling stories and making her own books since the second grade, when she wore shortalls and flower leggings every day to school. Mariama’s middle-grade debut, For Black Girls Like Me, earned five starred reviews and was a Today Show Best Kids’ Book of 2019. Her sophomore middle-grade book, In The Key of Us, is a Stonewall Honor Award book and was featured in the New York Times. Her debut young adult novel, Forever is Now, is the 2024 winner of the Schneider Family Book Award. Mariama holds a Masters in Education from Lesley University and a Masters in Fine Arts in Poetry from San Francisco State University, she calls many places home, but currently lives in Kentucky wi ...more

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	For Black Girls Like Me 4.27 avg rating — 1,661 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us by Katherine Locke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nicole Melleby (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Bell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 1,050 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever Is Now 4.25 avg rating — 762 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Key of Us 4.23 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology by Shannon Gibney, Nicole Chung (Goodreads Author), Mariama J. Lockington (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 3.81 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Love Under the Vast Sky by Kip Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kip Wilson (Goodreads Author), David Bowles 3.51 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lucky Daughter 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Thirteenth Child

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Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

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Besaydoo: Poems (Jake Adam York Prize)

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“Instead, I hit play on my favorite album these days: SOUR. I turn my speakers to max volume, and roll back into my covers. I close my eyes I let Olivia Rodrigo’s voice soothe me back into nothingness.”
― Mariama J. Lockington, Forever Is Now

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“So, you’ve still been listening to SOUR on repeat I gather? Evan responds. Why you got to read me like that?! I choke on a laugh. Olivia Rodrigo just gets it, okay? It’s a good breakup album. A whole vibe.”
― Mariama J. Lockington, Forever Is Now

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“You don't know everything about me'.... 'I guess you're right, but I don't know everything about me either. That's the whole point.”
― Mariama J. Lockington, In the Key of Us

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