Kirsti Jewel is an educator and writer from New York City. This is her first Who HQ book.

This book fits well in our extensive collection of Who HQ titles on African American history: Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights Movement, March on Washington, and Harlem Renaissance

There are now more than 250 Who HQ titles-with more than 50 million in print!-ensuring something to appeal to every reader.

The Who Was? Show, an Emmy-award-winning family variety series based on the New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series, debuted on Netflix in May 2018! The featured characters are: Gandhi, Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc, Sacagawea, Blackbeard, Amelia Earhart, Isaac Newton, Marie Antoinette, Louis Armstrong, William Shakespeare, King Tut, Susan B. Anthony, Frida Kahlo, Marie Curie, Harry Houdini, George Washington, Marco Polo, George Washington Carver, Genghis Khan, Pablo Picasso, The Wright Brothers, Galileo, Queen Elizabeth I, Bruce Lee, and Julius Caesar.

What Was? titles meet teachers' "100 pages of more" in-classroom requirement and with their strong narratives are tremendously appealing to young readers.

The 80 high-quality, black-and-white illustrations in each book-one on almost every page as well as a black-and-white 16-page photo insert-engage young readers and bring the subjects to life!

[...], Your Headquarters for History, is the place to discover fascinating stories and amazing facts, from historic heroes, trailblazers, and legends to today's pop-culture icons; from extraordinary events to famous landmarks-the ultimate destination for all things Who? What? and Where?