Tucson Festival of Books

Idris Goodwin (.)


Idris Goodwin is an award-winning neurodivergent storyteller and the author of the picture book "Your House Is Not Just a House" and young adult novel "King of the Neuro Verse." An accomplished playwright, breakbeat poet, content creator, and arts champion, Goodwin is recognized as a culture bearer who celebrates community values and cultivates histories with care. He is the author of over sixty original plays and serves as associate professor of Dramatic Writing at Arizona State University. 

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Communities: Arizona Author, African American, Neurodivergent


Books:
King of the Neuro Verse
Teen
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
October 2025
ISBN 9781665973120
256 pages

Your House Is Not Just a House
Children
HarperCollins Publishers
January 2024
ISBN 9780358683445
40 pages