Category: Immigrants & Refugees

Budhos
Marina
Marina Budhos is an author of several award-winning books of fiction and nonfiction. Her newest young adu…
Cajoleas
Jimmy
Jimmy Cajoleas grew up in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent years traveling the country and playing music be…
Callen
Rocky
Rocky Callen, the daughter of an Ecuadorian immigrant, has long lived a life of service ever since she wa…
Cartaya
Pablo
Pablo Cartaya is an internationally acclaimed author, screenwriter, speaker, and educator. His work has b…
Coy
John
John Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and nonfiction and fiction…
Matthew Guillory
Jennifer
Born in the Boston area to Guatemalan parents, Jennifer De Leon is the author of the novel Don’t Ask Me W…
Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee
Dr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author, poet, activist and professor. Her children's b…
Gharib
Malaka
Malaka Gharib is a journalist, cartoonist and graphic novelist. She is the author of "I Was Their America…
Glidden
Sarah
Sarah Glidden is a cartoonist and illustrator working primarily in non-fiction and reportage comics. Her …
Grande
Reyna
Reyna Grande is the author of the bestselling memoir, The Distance Between Us, (2012) where she writes ab…
Gratz
Alan
Alan Gratz is the bestselling author of nineteen novels and graphic novels for young readers. His 2017 no…
Hopkinson
Deborah
Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of more than 70 books for young readers including picture b…
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