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Maggie Tokuda-Hall is an author of young adult, middle grade, and picture books. She has a BA in Studio Art from Scripps College, and an MFA in Writing from University of San Francisco, and lives in Oakland, California with her husband. She is…

Elizabeth is an Afro-Dominican author, poet, and performer. When she was teaching English in Maryland to eighth grade students in a school where 80 percent of its students were Latinos, she realized the need to publish books that her students can…

Melissa De La Cruz is a New York Times Bestselling author and is an award winning novelist for all ages. Melissa has wanted to write since she was 11 years old and has written many different YA series since she started writing. She graduated from…

Sabrina Khan is an author and an educational consultant. Born to her Pakistani mother and Bangladeshi father, Khan has lived in Bangladesh, Macao, Illinois, Texas, and now British Columba. She has a BA in political science and is passionate about…

Emery Lee is a transmasc kidlit author, artist, creative writing graduate, and YouTuber. From a Black/Asian/Latinx background, e wants to diversify fiction and fight for equality. Emery uses neo-pronouns (e/em/eir) as well as he/him pronouns.

Self-proclaimed trans romance expert Noah Ramirez is known for his blog of trans love stories, “Meet Cute Diary.” When the fictionality of the stories is revealed, Noah, who is white and Japanese on his mom’s side and Afro-Caribbean on his dad’s,…

Natasha Deen is the Chinese-Guyanese multi-award-winning author of In the Key of Nira Ghani.Though born in Canada, she spent her early childhood in Guyana before returning in order to escape the worsening racial climate. She is the author of almost…

Canadian writer and activist, Hill is passionate about giving back to others and writing stories about humanity and inhumanity. He has volunteered and founded funds that support women and girls in developing areas of Africa. He has collaborated with…

Jessica Alba is an American actress and businesswoman. She rose to fame as a Hollywood actress, founded The Honest Company in 2012, and published her first novel in early 2013. A leading voice in charity and activism, she is an advocate and an…

Susan Tan's first book wasCilla Lee-Jenkins, Future Author Extraordinaire; shehas published three books in theCilla series.She was the 2015 Gish Jen Emerging Writers Fellow at the Writers’ Room of Boston and is a professor of children's and young…