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DeedeeCummingsAs the founder of Make A Way Media, It Pays to Read, and the Louisville Book Festival, Deedee Cummings be…
ChristineDayChristine Day is a citizen of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. Her first novel, I Can Make This Promise, wa…
I. W.GregorioI. W. Gregorio (she/her) is a practicing surgeon by day, award-winning YA writer by night. Her debut nove…
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JasHammondsJas Hammonds (they/she) was raised in many cities and between the pages of many books. They have received…
JonathanHillJonathan Hill is an award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, and educator living in Portland, OR. He gradua…
LynneKellyLynne Kelly’s career as a sign language interpreter has taken her everywhere from classrooms to hospitals…
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A. S.KingA.S. King has been called “One of the best Y.A. writers working today” by the New York Times Book Review …
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