Person An individual. Race/Ethnicity Black/African (author) Gender Identity man (author) Sexuality straight (author) Occupation author Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alston, B.B. Description An account of the resource Barnes and Nobles Overall Kids and YA Book award winner, Alston has been writing fantasy and even horror stories since middle school. After years of rejection from many publishers, he enrolled in a biomedical science program. Through Twitter and with the help of DVPit, Alston's pitch was accepted and his career as an author began. With support from his wife and his love for writing, he proudly tells underrepresented writers to not give up and to get their stories out there. Type The nature or genre of the resource Person Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <p>Gray, Ayana. “Inkling Interview: B.B. Alston.” <i>Ayanagray</i>, Ayanagray, 21 Feb. 2020, <a href="https://www.ayanagray.com/post/inkling-interview-b-b-alston.">https://www.ayanagray.com/post/inkling-interview-b-b-alston.</a> Accessed 18 February 2022.</p> <p>Barnes &amp; Noble. “Barnes &amp; Noble Children's &amp; Ya Book Awards, Kids' Book Awards, Books.” <i>Barnes &amp; Noble</i>, <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/kids-book-awards/barnes-noble-childrens-ya-book-awards/_/N-29Z8q8Z2ve8.">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/kids-book-awards/barnes-noble-childrens-ya-book-awards/_/N-29Z8q8Z2ve8.</a> Accessed 18 February 2022.</p> <div></div> <p>“B. B. Alston.” <i>HarperCollins</i>, <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/b-b-alston-2020992821316.">https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/b-b-alston-2020992821316.</a> Accessed 18 February 2022.</p> <div></div> Camille Labelle (cataloguer, 2022) author Black/african (author) man (author) straight (author)