Brian “Smitty” Smith is a former Marvel Comics and DC Comics editor. He is the cocreator and writer behind the New York Times bestselling graphic novel The Stuff of Legend, the author/illustrator of the Pea, Bee, and Jay series, the cartoonist of Tree Mail, and the winner of
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Rosita Stevens-Holsey
Rosita Stevens-Holsey is one of Pauli Murray’s nieces, and an ambassador for the Pauli Murray family. She feels it is an honor to be part of enhancing and promoting her aunt’s legacy, and her responsibility as a family member to do so. Rosita lives outside
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Steph Stilwell
Steph Stilwell is a New York Times best-selling illustrator based in Brooklyn, NY. She loves puns, bright color palettes, hand-lettering, and is most often drawing food. Steph received her BFA in illustration from MICA and then spent several years in publishing as a children’s book
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Shaunna and John Stith
Shaunna and John Stith are passionate about protecting the planet. Originally from the East Coast, they now live on the Santa Barbara Channel in Southern California where they are continually inspired by the hard work of young eco-activists. Like their protagonist Sam, they’ve learned it
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Maura Ellen Stokes
Maura Ellen Stokes received an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College. As a lifelong athlete who coached girls’ soccer, she often incorporates sports into her fiction. When she’s not writing, she works as a biostatistician. Stokes is a New England
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Cheyenne M. Stone
Cheyenne M. Stone is a Paiute who lives on the Big Pine Reservation in Inyo County, California, and she is very active in tribal affairs. She practices and teaches jewelry making, basket weaving, and holistic medicine. Additionally, she is an ethnographer who is involved in K-12
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Suma Subramaniam
Suma Subramaniam is a recruiter by day and a children’s book author by night. She is the author of Namaste is a Greeting, She Sang for India, and other books for children. She has an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Seattle,
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Melanie Sumrow
Melanie Sumrow received her undergraduate degree in religious studies and has maintained a longtime interest in studying social issues. Before becoming a writer, she worked as a lawyer for more than sixteen years, with many of her cases involving children and teens. Her first novel, The
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R.L. Toalson
R. L. Toalson is an author, essayist, and poet who regularly contributes to adult and children’s print and online publications around the world. She lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband and six boys. The Colors of the Rain is her first novel. You can visit
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Gary Urda
Gary Urda is the author of Love You More, Daddy and Me, and proud father of three wonderful young men: Tyler, Sean, and Luke. He lives in East Northport, New York, with his beautiful wife, Nicole, and their children. The Urdas enjoy game nights, soccer, and
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Judith Valdés B
Judith Valdés B is a Mexican-American writer and illustrator who holds degrees in Illustration (BFA), Business Administration (BA), and International Affairs (MA). She is a Children’s Book Academy graduate, as well as a student at the Institute of Children’s Literature. Born in Sinaloa, Mexico, she has lived
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Darshika Varma
Darshika Varma is an avid daydreamer and a bookworm from Mumbai, India. Having a passion for visual storytelling, she enjoys bringing whimsical characters and heartfelt scenes to life.
Srividhya Venkat
Srividhya Venkat is the author of several picture books, including Girls on Wheels and Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps. Having grown up in India and lived across three countries, she loves stories that are unique, yet universal. Srividhya longs for a world where everyone will be like
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Lucy Volpin
Lucy Volpin is a children’s book author and illustrator. Being wildly dyslexic, Lucy never imagined that she would not only be illustrating, but also writing stories, too! Lucy loves to capture expression and movement in her work, along with humor and silliness, by using pencils
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Phu Vuong
Phu Vuong is a writer and dentist from Dallas, Texas. Phu has written a number of short comics included in the Sneaky Business Vol. 2, PITCH, Ever Afterward, and A Soul Divided/Caged in Flesh anthologies.
Laurie Wallmark
Laurie Wallmark is an award-winning author of picture book biographies of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) as well as fiction. Her books have earned multiple starred trade reviews, been chosen as Junior Library Guild Selections, and received awards such as Outstanding Science
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Andrea Wang
Andrea Wang loves noodles, food, and noodling about food. A former environmental scientist, Andrea is the author of Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando. Andrea lives in Colorado with her family and their dog, Mochi. Sometimes they have instant ramen for breakfast. You can
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Viola Wang
Viola Wang is a children’s book author and illustrator. Born in China, Viola graduated from Tsinghua University with a major in oil painting. She then moved to London, where she completed masters in animation and illustration while working as a graphic designer. Viola is also
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Carole Boston Weatherford
Carole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including Coretta Scott King winner RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul; Newbery Honor winner BOX: Henry Box Brown Mails Himself to Freedom; Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman
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Harry Woodgate
My name is Harry Woodgate and I’m an author and illustrator. I write and illustrate diverse, inclusive stories that inspire young readers to be inquisitive, creative, kind, and proud of what makes them unique. When I’m not illustrating or writing, I love writing music, cycling,
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Anne Wynter
Anne Wynter is the Ezra Jack Keats Honor-winning author of Everybody in the Red Brick Building, One Big Day, and Hands On! She earned a degree in theatre from Washington University in St. Louis and penned a number of short plays that have been produced around the country. She currently lives
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Robin Yardi
Robin Yardi lives in the California foothills, where–every once in a while, in the dark of night–a skunk or two will sneak by and an owl will hoot. She loves good stories, odd animals, homemade cakes, and kids. An elementary school teacher and museum docent turned
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