RockyCallenRocky Callen, the daughter of an Ecuadorian immigrant, has long lived a life of service ever since she wa…
DeedeeCummingsAs the founder of Make A Way Media, It Pays to Read, and the Louisville Book Festival, Deedee Cummings be…
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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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…
AdibKhorramAdib Khorram is a queer Iranian-American author. He was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. A theat…
A. S.KingA.S. King has been called “One of the best Y.A. writers working today” by the New York Times Book Review …
Jarrett J.KrosoczkaJarrett J. Krosoczka, known since boyhood as "JJK," is the New York Times bestselling author/illustr…
CaronLevisCaron Levis is the author of the picture books, Stop That Yawn!, May I Have A Word?, Stuck with the Blooz…
AmberMcBrideAmber McBride is currently an assistant professor at the University of Virginia. She received her BA in E…
AdibaNelsonAdiba Nelson is the woman who brings as much truth to power in her writing, as she does in her speaking. …