Jeff Hobbs

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New York Times Best-Selling Author of "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace"; Facilitator of Dialogues on Equity, Identity, and Social Justice in America

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Jeff Hobbs Biography

Jeff Hobbs is the New York Times bestselling author of "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace," which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award in Biography, was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal in nonfiction, and was made into the 2024 film "Rob Peace." He is also the author of "Seeking Shelter," "Show Them You’re Good: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System," "Children of the State" and a novel, "The Tourists."

Hobbs graduated with a BA in English language and literature from Yale in 2002, where he was awarded the Willets and Meeker prizes for his writing.

Since 2014, Hobbs has visited over a hundred schools to facilitate conversations about access, entitlement, racism, classism, justice, and identity in modern day America. These have included graduate schools, Ivy League universities, state universities, small liberal arts college, HBCUs, independent high schools, vo/tech high schools, urban public schools, and juvenile halls.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/04/2025.

Jeff Hobbs Speaking Topics

  • Two Americas: Urban Poverty, the Ivy League, and the Heavy Toll of Living in Both

  • Race, Class, and Identity in American Universities: How Students Experience School – And One Another

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Jeff Hobbs Videos

Jeff Hobbs - The Up Coming

Jeff Hobbs - The Up Coming

Interview on Rob Peace

Beyond The Words: A moment with author Jeff Hobbs

Beyond The Words: A moment with author Jeff Hobbs

Jeff Hobbs visits Thomas McKean Sr. High School to talk with students about his book, The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

Jeff Hobbs on The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

Jeff Hobbs on The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

Rich Fahle interviews author Jeff Hobbs about his book The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy...

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Jeff Hobbs is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Two Americas: Urban Poverty, the Ivy League, and the Heavy Toll of Living in Both, Race, Class, and Identity in American Universities: How Students Experience School – And One Another, Where Empathy is Born: Reporting Out of a Personal Story and Unbroken People in a Broken System: Juvenile Justice in America. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jeff Hobbs for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Jeff Hobbs generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jeffery Deaver, Lesley Lokko, Grant Faulkner, Naima Coster and Ellen Hopkins. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jeff Hobbs for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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