Author

Tracey Baptiste

17 books, mostly fantasy, for Listening Library and Recorded Books, 2011–2026

Tracey Baptiste is a New York Times bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction for children. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she began her career as an elementary school teacher and curriculum designer before becoming a full-time writer. She is best known for the horror-fantasy Jumbies series and also writes picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction, historical nonfiction, and graphic novels.

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fantasy general action adventure bipoc literature childrens folklore

Publishers

Listening Library 3 Recorded Books 3 HarperCollins 2 Little, Brown & Company 2 Hachette Audio for Young Listeners 1 Harper Fire 1 Little, Brown Young Readers 1 Penguin Audio 1 Random House Audio 1 University Press Audiobooks 1 W. F. Howes Ltd 1

17 audiobooks

The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat

Tracey Baptiste, Kat Fajardo

March 10, 2026

Kid X

Tracey Baptiste

February 24, 2026

Super Goat Girl

Tracey Baptiste

July 15, 2025

Boy 2.0

Tracey Baptiste

October 1, 2024

Magic Has No Borders

Sangu Mandanna, Tracey Baptiste, Sabaa Tahir, Sona Charaipotra, Sayantani DasGupta, Swati Teerdhala, Nikita Gill, Naz Kutub, Preeti Chhibber, Olivia Chadha, Samira Ahmed, Nafiza Azad, Tanaz Bhathena, Shreya Ila Anasuya

May 23, 2023

African Icons

Tracey Baptiste

July 15, 2022

Marley and the Family Band

Tracey Baptiste, Cedella Marley

February 1, 2022

Black Enough

Tochi Onyebuchi, Tracey Baptiste, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Liara Tamani, Rita Williams-Garcia, Jay Coles, Varian Johnson

January 17, 2019

Black Enough

Justina Ireland, Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani

January 8, 2019