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Roth is a well known author. She is known for her bestselling young adult fiction trilogy called Divergent. She began writing her first book, Divergent, in her final year at Northwestern University. She was born in New York City, but grew up in…

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Rutter lives in Sheffield, England, and has been an actor for years, appearing both on the stage and on TV. She says she has really always been a writer.

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Born in London and raised in Vancouver, Kelly Sawyer Patricof moved to New York first and ventured into modelling before meeting her husband. The pair then moved to Malibu, where they started a family. After years of volunteering, she and her friend…

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Scheffler is a world-renowned children's book illustrator. Illustrating Julia Donaldson's The Gruffalo is one of his most famous accomplishments.

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The writer behind the PBS televised series and picturebook adaptations of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. With a focus on children and their families, Schwartz writes preschool-level content in consideration of child psychology and needs.

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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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Kabir Sehgal has written sixteen books and is a New York Times best-selling author. He is also a Grammy and Latin Grammy winner and a former investment banker.

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Sehgal was a university professor for many years before founding a non-profit organization supporting students. She serves on the board of two universities, as well as a national arts centre.

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His debut children's novel,The Houdini Box, was published in 1991. In 2008, Selznick won the Caldecott Medal for his book The Invention of Hugo Cabaret, which was also adapted to film in 2011. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York and San Diego,…

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Maurice Sendak was a picturebook author and illustrator. He received many awards, including the Caldecott Medal in 1964, the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970, and the National Medal of Arts in 1996. He co-authored and collaborated with numerous…

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“Award-winning author Tanita S. Davis delivers a heartwarming and humorous middle grade tale about a young girl who finds her own voice through vlogging and learns to speak out.” (Harper Collins)

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Adam Silvera is a gay Puerto Rican author of young adult fiction novels who is known for his best-selling novels They Both Die at the End,More Happy Than Not,and Infinity Son.

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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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Singing Pebble Books is a self-care bookstore that opened in 1988. It has a small but thoughtful Children's and Young Adult Literature section.

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An interview with booksellers Laura and Sam at Singing Pebble Books in Ottawa, Ontario, lead by Ashley Tenn. This interview is a discussion about bookselling at an independent bookstore and what roadblocks they encounter. Singing Pebble Books is a…

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Each book linked to the corresponding song in the playlist:1. Refugee by Alan Gratz & “Running (Refugee Song)” by Gregory Porter, Common & Keyon Harrold 2. You Should See Me in a Crownby Leah Johnson & “Good as Hell” by Lizzo 3. The…

Singleton is the cover artist for the book For All Time by Shanna Miles. She is also a freelance illustrator from Toronto, who's worked with clients such as HarperCollins and Penguin Random House.

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They are a science fiction writer and a microbiologist at Kenyon college. They explore many scientific ideas within their novels. They invented the concept of mitochondrial singularity and explored the concept in a couple of their novels. They are…

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Born in central Otago, Smith specializes in music for children. Due to his wild imagination and his undying childish side, he has always wanted to become a musician since a young age. He released his first kids' album in 2007 and the first track…

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Frances J. Soo Ping Chow is the Creative Director of Running Press Books. She has done cover designs and illustrations for various books, including Natasha Deen'sIn the Key of Nira Ghani.

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Sookdeo is an Asian artist living in Brooklyn, New York. She is an award-winning designer and illustrator currently working as a senior designer at Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

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Also known as Chippewar, is a multi-disciplinary artist and clothing designer from the Chippewas of Thames First Nation (Deshkaan Ziibing Anishinaabeg). Through his works, he wishes to spread awareness of the importance of decolonizing world views…

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A pie chart depicting the diversity of author gender represented in a sampling of books at Singing Pebble Books in January, 2022.
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