Sharon Draper was born April 11th ,1952 in Cleveland, OH Sharon Draper grew up with her brother and her sister Before Sharon became a author she was a English teacher for 30 years in Cincinnati ,OH Sharon has 4 kids Sharon Draper is the Fith-time winner of the Coretta Scot King Literary She won the John Steptoe Sharon wrote the book Tears of a Tiger she wrote the book Out of my Mind She wrote the book Battle Of Jericho.“ She wrote the book Double Dutch She wrote the bookThe Jericho Trilogy Sharon went to Pepperdine University