Julian Randall

Julian Randall is an American poet and novelist from Chicago. His debut poetry collection, Refuse, won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. He is the author of the Pilar Ramirez novels and The Chainbreakers. Shook, a middle-grade novel in verse, was longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.