Authors/Illustrators

Lori Veraldi Alexander
Author of A SPORTING CHANCE: HOW LUDWIG GUTTMAN CREATED THE PARALYMPIC GAMES (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April 2020)

V.T. Bidania
Author of ASTRID & APOLLO (Capstone, August 2020)

Ali W. Bovis
Author of the SYLVIE series (ABDO, January 2020)

Dori Hillestad Butler
Author of DEAR BEAST (Holiday House, May 2020)
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Susan Muaddi Darraj
Author of FARRAH ROCKS (Capstone Books, January 2020)

Vicky Fang
Author of the LAYLA & THE BOTS series (Scholastic Branches, May 2020)

Robin Ha
Author/Illustrator of ALMOST AMERICAN GIRL, AN ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR

Jarrett Lerner
Author of GEEGER THE ROBOT: GOES TO SCHOOL (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, September 2020) and Author/Illustrator of HUNGER HEROES (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)

Andrea L. Rogers
Author of MARY AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS: A CHEROKEE REMOVAL SURVIVAL STORY (Capstone, January 2020)

Dee Romito
Author of the FORT BUILDERS, INC. series (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, May 2020)

Nikki Shannon Smith
Author of the THE AMAZING LIFE OF AZALEAH LANE series (Capstone/Picture Window Books, January 2020) and SARAH JOURNEYS WEST: AN OREGON TRAIL SURVIVAL STORY (Capstone/Stone Arch Books, February 2020)

Anna Staniszewski
Author of the ONCE UPON A FAIRY TALE series (Scholastic Branches, Sept 2019)

Jen Taylor
Illustrator of the SYLVIE: SEA VIEW STAR series (ABDO, January 2020)

Brittany Janee Thurman
Author (2020)

Janee Trasler
Author/Illustrator of the FROG AND DOG series (Scholastic, May 2020)

​​Ebony Joy Wilkins, Ph.D.
Author of MALCOLM X: GET TO KNOW THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST (Capstone Press, January 2020), and TRAILBLAZERS: BEYONCE: QUEEN OF THE SPOTLIGHT (Random House Books for Young Readers, January 2020)

Anita Yasuda
Author of the MOTO MAKI'S GHOSTLY MYSTERIES series (Magic Wagon ABDO, Fall 2020)