Margaree King Mitchell is the author of the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Uncle Jed’ s Barbershop, illustrated by James E. Ransome, and Granddaddy’ s Gift. She is the creator of the Everybody Has a Dream program, which empowers students in urban and rural areas to shoot for the stars with aspirations for their lives. Margaree lives in Kansas City, where she is a member of the Midwest Children’ s Authors Guild.