Category: Middle Grade & Young Adult

Mercedes Acosta

Mercedes Acosta (full name Mercedes Cibayara Maria Catarina Acosta) is a Cuban-Americ..

Malín Alegria

Malín Alegria is the author of seven books for young readers. Her publications and c..

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Fahmida Azim

Fahmida Azim is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Bengali-American illustrator, author, and te..

Carmen Bogan

Carmen Bogan is a children’s author, publisher, and frequent lecturer to nonprofit ..

Leila Boukarim

Leila Boukarim was born in Lebanon and has lived in eight countries. After over a dec..

David Bowles

A Mexican-American author, poet, and translator, David Bowles is a life-long resident..

Monica Brown

Monica Brown is the author of the LOLA LEVINE chapter book series and 30 award-winnin..

Amaris Castillo

Amaris Castillo is an award-winning journalist, writer, and the creator of Bodega Sto..

Clelia Castro-Malaspina

Clelia Castro-Malaspina (Gore) is the co-author, along with Allison Matulli, of the u..

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Lisa Congdon

Lisa Congdon is a Portland-based fine artist, illustrator and author known internatio..

Adrianna Cuevas

Adrianna Cuevas is a first-generation Cuban-American originally from Miami, Florida. ..

Elaine & Michaela DePrince

We are heartbroken by the passing of Michaela Mabinity DePrince and Elaine DePrince. ..

Zohreh Ghahremani

Zohreh Ghahremani is an author, speaker, and painter whose work is heavily influenced..

Romy Natalia Goldberg

Born in the Dominican Republic to her Catholic Paraguayan mother and Jewish American ..

Laurel Goodluck

Laurel Goodluck writes picture books with modern Native themes that reflect Native ..

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Theresa Howell

Theresa Howell is the co-author of Maybe Something Beautiful with F. Isabel Campoy..

Harold Green III

Primarily a poet, Harold Green III is an ever-evolving artist with a skill set that..

K. Ibura

K. Ibura is an author, painter, and traveler from New Orleans, Louisiana. An adve..

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Cindy Jenson-Elliott

Cindy Jenson-Elliott is an author, credentialed teacher, environmental educator, and ..

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Eileen Kennedy-Moore

Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, is an internationally published author, psychologist, and ..

Michelle Lee

When Michelle Lee isn’t Dr. Lee, teaching composition and literature as a professor..

Diana López

Diana López is the award-winning middle grade author of Confetti Girl, Ask My Mood R..

Allison Matulli

Allison Matulli, J.D., M.Ed. is a former attorney and certified Montessori lead educa..

Jasminne Mendez

Jasminne Mendez is a Dominican-American poet, playwright, translator and award winn..

Cameron Mukwa

Cameron Mukwa is an illustrator primarily working in graphic novels. His work shares ..

Celia C. Perez

Congratulations Celia winner of the 2023 Pura Belpré Author Honor and 2023 Tomás Ri..

Andrea Pippins

Andrea Pippins is an illustrator and author passionate about creating images that ref..

Tirzah Price

Tirzah Price grew up on a farm in Michigan, where she read every book she could get h..

Rekha S. Rajan

Rekha S. Rajan is a nationally recognized educator, performer, and STEAM expert whose..

Isabel Strychacz

Isabel Strychacz is from a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Mill..

Priya Swaminathan

Priya Swaminathan lived the dream of making movies and TV shows for 20 years. She pro..

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Carmen Tafolla

Named State Poet Laureate of Texas in 2015, Dr. Carmen Tafolla is an award-winning po..

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Alexander Vidal

Originally from New Mexico, Latino illustrator Alexander Vidal studied anthropology, ..

Seema Yasmin

Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, medical doctor and poet. She writes..