Keely Hutton

Keely Hutton is a children's book author and former teacher. She worked closely with Ugandan child soldier Ricky Richard Anywar to tell his story in her debut novel, Soldier Boy. Soldier Boy was included on Booklist's Top Ten First Novels for Youth 2017 and Top Ten Historical Fiction for Youth 2018 lists and honored with a 2018 Children's Africana Book Award. Her second novel, Secret Soldiers, was a 2020 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year and 2020 Children's Book Council Notable Social Studies Book for Young People. Her third novel, Don’t Look Back, a YA memoir she co-authored with Achut Deng, will be available in October 2022. Visit her online at www.keelyhutton.com. Follow her on Twitter @akghutton and Instagram huttonkeely.