MichelleSterlingMichelle Sterling is a children’s book author, photographer and speech-language pathologist living in Ora…
CourtneyStevensCourtney “Court” Stevens grew up in the knockabout town of Bandana, Kentucky. She is a former adjunct pro…
NataliaSylvesterNatalia Sylvester is the Pura Belpré and Schneider Family honor winning author of the young adult novel B…
ThrityUmrigarThrity Umrigar is the best-selling author of the novels Bombay Time, The Space Between Us, If Today Be Sw…
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ElisabetVelasquezElisabet Velasquez is a Boricua writer, mother of two children from Brooklyn, New York, now living in Jer…
Frank XWalkerA native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky …
NyashaWilliamsNyasha Williams, a passionate social justice griot, grew up living intermittently between the United Stat…
Brittany N.WilliamsBrittany N. Williams is the author of the YA historical fantasy THAT SELF-SAME METAL, Book #1 in the FORG…
LakitaWilsonLakita Wilson is the author of several novels and nonfiction projects for children and young adults, incl…
SherriWinstonSherri Winston is a children’s author and proud mama. She and her daughter, Kenya, are based in Orlando w…
JackWongJack Wong (黃雋喬) is the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award-winning author/illustrator of WHEN YOU CAN SWIM (Scho…