Alison Fletcher was born and raised in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. As a child she loved to play outdoors and go on adventures with her faithful dog, a golden retriever-Labrador mix. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts, Alison moved to
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Sue Fliess
Sue Fliess is the author of numerous children’s books, including A Fairy Friend, From Here to There, Tons of Trucks, Shoes for Me!,Robots, Robots Everywhere!, and The Hug Book. She lives in Northern Virginia with her family and an English Labrador named Charlie. When she’s not writing, you can
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Douglas Florian
Douglas Florian is a critically-acclaimed children’s book author / illustrator best known for his poetry collections, including Dinothesaurus, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and a Junior Library Guild Selection; Bow Wow Meow Meow, a Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year; and
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Meredith Foster
Meredith Foster is a social media sensation with over 4.7 million subscribers on her YouTube channel. Meredith promotes health and beauty tips, a strong spiritual connection, and letting your best self live truthfully. She launched her channel in 2009 and has grown up in the
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Aly Fronis
Aly Fronis was born and raised in Connecticut. She enjoys coming up with story ideas, cooking, and traveling. Aly now lives in New York City, where she works as a children’s book editor.
Isabel Galupo
Isabel Galupo, co-author of Maiden & Princess, lives and works in Los Angeles. She graduated from Ithaca College as a Park Scholar with a BS in screenwriting and also participated in the Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. When not writing, Isabel FaceTimes
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Anita Ganeri
Anita Ganeri has written over 300 books for children, including the bestselling Horrible Geography series. She lives in York with her husband, son, daughter, three dogs and cat.
Sally Garland
Sally Garland grew up in a small town called Alness near Inverness in Scotland. She studied Illustration and Graphic Design for four years at Edinburgh College Of Art. She enjoys reading with her book club, watching movies, and walking.
Lynne Garner
Lynne Garner is a children’s book author based in the United Kingdom. Her time is divided between family life, teaching design and sewing, and running a hedgehog rescue service from a shed at the bottom of her garden.
Laura Gehl
Laura Gehl is the author of One Big Pair of Underwear, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld, and the Peep and Egg series, illustrated by Joyce Wan. Laura lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her husband and four children. Find out more about her at lauragehl.com.
Oliver Gerlach
Oliver Gerlach is a writer, escaped chef, and doctor of classics, living and working in Edinburgh, Scotland. His work can be found in places including 2000 AD’s Mega City Max and the GLAAD and Ringo award-winning anthology Young Men In Love. On the rare occasions when he is not
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Dr. Mike Goldsmith
Dr. Mike Goldsmith is both a working scientist and a writer of science books—mainly for children. His main areas of research are astronomy and sound. Since 1999, Mike has written over 40 science books. Two were shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Writing. His books have been published in
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Kashelle Gourley
Kashelle Gourley distinctly remembers discovering the magic of books as a little girl in a Northern California library. It opened up another level of imagination, joy, and wonder that she hopes to share with others through her own writing. After moving from coast to coast and
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Rhonda Gowler Greene
Rhonda Gowler Greene has written over twenty-five children’s books. Her books have received several honors, including the International Literacy Assocation’s Children’s Choice Book and the Children’s Book Council’s Showcase Book. A former elementary learning disabilities teacher, Rhonda now resides with her husband in southeast Michigan.
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Daniel Haack
Daniel Haack began writing at a young age, although much of his earliest work centered exclusively around his desire to be a swashbuckling hero. Like the Prince and the Knight, he just wants to save the day and get the boy, too. He has since written
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Grace Habib
Grace Habib (BFA, Columbus College of Art & Design) is a freelance children’s illustrator living currently in Bellingham, WA. She worked on numerous children’s books such as the Peekaboo book series (Campbell’s) and Suki Cat book series (Nosy Crow). In her free time, she loves
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Sarah Hagger-Holt
Sarah Hagger-Holt is an award-winning and critically acclaimed author. Her debut novel for children, Nothing Ever Happens Here, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, and her second, Proud of Me, was the winner of the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction. She is the
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Lisa Harkrader
Lisa Harkrader, author of Crumbled!, grew up in a small town that, to her disappointment, was not magical, enchanted, or populated by trolls. Luckily, she found the town library and its magical books brimming with enchanted beings. Luckier still, she grew up to be a
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Julie Hedlund
Julie Hedlund is the award-winning children’s picture book author of Over, Bear! Under, Where? She spends much of her time inside her own imagination, and when not writing or reading, she enjoys playing in the mountains near her home in Boulder, Colorado. She lives with her two teenage
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Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook
Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook are co-authors of over a dozen books for children. Kathryn is a retired school psychologist and loves spending time with her grandchildren. She lives with her husband in Madison, Wisconsin. Deborah’s passion is teaching 4K. She and her husband live
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David Horvath
David Horvath is an artist and toy designer. He cocreated the Uglydoll brand with his wife, Sun-Min Kim, and it is the most successful designer toy brand to date. David splits his time living and working in both Los Angeles and Seoul.
Vicki Johnson
Vicki Johnson is a children’s book author and a 2022 Lambda Literary Fellow. Johnson’s debut picture book Molly’s Tuxedo, illustrated by Gillian Reid, is a 2024 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Recommended Book, a 2024 ALA Rainbow Book List selection, a 2024 Children’s Book Council K-2
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Suzanne Jurmain
Suzanne Tripp Jurmain was born into a theatrical family, making her acting debut at age four and appearing in a number of television programs during her childhood and teen years. After earning an honors degree in English at UCLA, she worked at UCLA’s Fowler Museum
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Susan B. Katz
Susan B. Katz, NBCT is an award-winning, bestselling, Spanish-bilingual author/illustrator with Scholastic, S&S, Penguin Random House, Heinemann and Capstone. She has over 30 published books, one of which she wrote in Spanish for Scholastic, and 25 more books coming out in 2022/23. MEDITATION STATION, a
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Emily Kilgore
Emily Kilgore has been surrounded by the magic of books all her life. As both a writer and elementary school teacher, she strives to create books that foster empathy, welcome imagination, and spark a natural curiosity. She has written for various education publications, and The Whatifs is her
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