Get ready for Okahoma’s fourth DoubleR Author Tour! Writer Lutricia Clifton kicks off the fun with presentations in Cleveland on Monday, September 10. She will also be appearing in public libraries and schools in Bristow, Wagoner, Pawhuska, and the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Oklahoma City.

Clifton won the 2017 Oklahoma Book Award for her young adult novel Seeking Cassandra, which will be the featured title on her tour. Her first YA novel, Freaky Fast Frankie Joe, landed on multiple Notable and Best lists of YA titles, was on the Sequoyah Book Awards Masterlist, and was nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. In addition to writing for young people, she also publishes adult mysteries under the name Lu Clifton. Her first two mysteries were also finalists for Oklahoma Book Awards in the Fiction category.

A native of Southeastern Oklahoma, Clifton had lived in four states by the time she was in third grade before the family finally put roots down in the Texas Panhandle. She has been a writer, editor, and teacher during her adult life.

We wanted to get to know more about this year’s featured YA author before the tour begins.

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Oklahoma’s third DoubleR Author Tour kicks off September 11 in Claremore with a presentation by award-winning author Alton Carter. He will also be appearing in public libraries and schools in Stratford, Elk City, Tecumseh, and Watonga.

Carter’s first book, The Boy Who Carried Bricks, is a true account of his young life in Oklahoma—a life betrayed by abandonment, neglect, hunger, and violence. While some readers may identify too closely with the hardscrabble narrative, all readers find inspiration in the author’s ultimate triumph over a difficult childhood.
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