Category: Friendship & Community

Burnham
Molly B.
Molly B. Burnham has been a dog walker, ice-cream scooper, and elementary school teacher. She lives in Ma…
Charlton-Trujillo
e.E.
Described as a “force of nature” by Kirkus Reviews, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo is unquestionably one of the m…
Collier
Nicole D.
Nicole D. Collier grew up in Atlanta, GA, the only child of an accountant and a public school librarian. …
Cummings
Deedee
As the founder of Make A Way Media, It Pays to Read, and the Louisville Book Festival, Deedee Cummings be…
Day
Christine
Christine Day is a citizen of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. Her first novel, I Can Make This Promise, wa…
Garrett
Camryn
Camryn Garrett was born and raised in New York. In 2019, she was named one of Teen Vogue’s 21 Under 21 an…
Grant
Shauna J.
Shauna J. Grant is a cartoonist who creates cuteness! With a love for all things pink and magical, Shauna…
Heim
Alastair
Alastair Heim is the author of several children’s picture books including The Great Puppy Invasion, which…
Hillestad Butler
Dori
Dori Hillestad Butler is the author of more than 60 books for young readers including the two-time Geisel…
Jean
Emiko
Emiko Jean is the New York Times and indie bestselling author of Mika in Real Life—a GMA book club pick (…
Méndez
Alexandra V.
Alexandra V. Méndez is a writer, teacher, and scholar who grew up bilingual in Decatur, Georgia, with fam…
Metzger
Steve
Steve Metzger is the award-winning author of more than 80 children’s books, including The Way I Act (appr…
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