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She is of Indian descent and practices Sikhism. Singh is a former school teacher but is now a full-time author. However, she still teaches writing workshops and often reads and speaks at special events. She has written over fifteen books that cater…

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Explores the sounds that children's heartbeats make when they experience love and laughter. It features children from all around the world and demonstrates that our heartbeats unite us.

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An American writer and illustrator best known for creating the children's book series The Berenstain Bears.

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Gemeinhart spent 13 years as a teacher-librarian in Washington.

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"Gilly grew up in Florida, came of age in Israel, where she served in the IDF and graduated from Hebrew University, and finally decided to call Decatur, Georgia home." (About) She is also Chief Legal Officer for an advertising agency.

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Jones is a bestselling YA author, as well as a filmmaker and activist. She “hosts the Atlanta Chapter of the popular Well Read Black Girl book club, as well as the [...] YA Truth or Dare author panel at the Decatur Book Festival." (About)

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Johnson, who resides in the NYC area, is the bestselling author of All Boys Aren't Blue. They also work as a journalist, activist, executive producer and writer.

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Born in Nicosia, Cyprus, and growing up in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Grasso spent a lot of her time making crafts, conducting science experiments, and reading. Ever since becoming a writer, Grasso has been working in children's publishing from 2003…

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Johnson is a bestselling YA author, and 2021 Lambda Literary Emerging Writers Fellow. You Should See Me in a Crown is her debut YA novel. Though not relevant to the novel, she has ADHD.

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With children's stories likeAnimal Babies, 500 Words to Grow On, and his most popular picture book,The Truck Book, Harry McNaught is a children's book author and illustrator from Pennsylvania, United States.

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She is a surface designer, which is similar to a graphic designer but they make designs that can be put unto surfaces like fabric. Barlow is also an illustrator. She started doing art and working as an illustrator as a way to tell her story and make…

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She is an award-nominated actress, artist, and author. Erivo uses her platform to advocate for diversity in the arts, especially for women and for people of color.

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Ebere's mother tells her to always dream as big as possible, and she does. This book praises imagination, hope, and a child's potential for greatness.

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She is a Korean American author and a teacher. She started writing when she was very young and wrote her first book when she has only fourteen. She often visits schools and makes special appearances to read to children and to discuss her texts.

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In the sixth novel of the series, Mindy Kim, an Asian American child, enters a pizza trivia contest with her father. Mindy must help her father overcome some cultural differences and references that he does not understand, while her father simply…

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She has a degree in English, Psychology, and Human Development. Thanks to her work with children, she discerned that children’s picture books can play an important part in their lives and growth. Therefore, she found a love for illustrating…

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After having lost her mother and two sisters, 12-year-old Coyote has been living with her Dad in a school bus, traveling everywhere but their hometown. When she learns that the park where she had buried a memory box is about to be demolished, she…

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Switches between the perspectives of Leena and Campbell, two teenagers trying to make it home from a football game in Atlanta, through a race-related protest-turned-riot with police presence.

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A memoir covering family relationships, love, loss, queerness, and racism experienced during the author’s time growing up in New Jersey with their brother and cousins, as they are raised together by their grandmother, whose legacy the book…

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Living in a rich white town, high school senior and anxious introvert Liz Lighty loses her financial aid for college and runs for prom queen to win a scholarship. She grapples with school drama, romance, and family issues.

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This novel follows three young Australian girls, Emily, Lydia and Cassie, who attend a private school. Their English teacher assigns a penpal assignment with boys from a public school who do not have a good reputation. Their names are Seb, Matthew…

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This novel is a prequel to Thomas’ The Hate U Give. It follows Maverick, the father of Starr Carter in The Hate U Give, as a seventeen-year-old highschool student. He is a senior and a member of the King Lords gang in a fictional Black neighborhood…

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The main character, Aisha, is a nineteen-year-old black single mother of two living in the New York Projects. She does not take life too seriously and tries to enjoy it as much as she can -- that is, until she receives a welfare benefits termination…

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This is a science fiction novel focusing on the main character, Jennifer, and her first year in college. She faces many problems, addressing political, social, and environmental issues, making the novel appealing to readers both young and old.

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This novel is about the main character, Rachel, and her recruitment into the Mary Shelley Club. It is a horror/thriller novel for YA audiences about a young girl in a sticky situation.

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