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According to her "About" page on her website, "Jessica Love is the author and illustrator of Julián is a Mermaid and Julián at the Wedding, published by Candlewick Press, and the illustrator of "I Love You Because I Love You" by Mượn Thị Văn,…

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Gayle E. Pitman, PhD, is a professor of psychology and women and gender studies at Sacramento City College, as well as a children's book author. Her written work primarily focuses on 2SLGBTQIA+ and feministic topics and histories.

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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…

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Carole Lindstrom is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of literature for young people. Her book We Are Water Protectors, inspired by the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, won the Caldecott Medal in 2021. Lindstrom is…

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Baldacchino, who lives in Toronto, has a background in early childhood education. Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress is her first book; it is based on a situation she encountered in one of the schools where she was teaching. The book was a…

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She is an American writer who focuses on Young Adult novels set in the United States, specifically Oklahoma. She is often given credit for introducing the YA genre. She went by S. E. Hinton in her work as she did not want her male readers to dismiss…

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Holly Black is a writer who currently lives in New England with her husband and son. She was born and raised in West Long Branch, New Jersey and moved away when she got older. Black is the #1 New York Times bestselling author for over thirty of her…

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Ali Hazelwood is from Italy and moved to Japan and then Germany. Afterwards, she moved to the United States where she got her Ph.D. in Neuroscience. She is an established writer, and now a Professor.

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Zakiya Dalila Harris is an author who writes novels based on her African identity. She has a degree from the University of North Carolina at Chaple Hill. She was born and raised in Connecticut but now lives in Brooklyn with her husband.

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Sajidah (S. K.) Ali is a Indian- Canadian author of children and young adult books. Most of her novels address issues related to American Muslim teenagers (S. K. Ali)

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Garber is an American author of young adult fiction. She is known for the Caraval series. She received several rejections util her fourth book Space Opera was published (Wikipedia).

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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…

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Marisa Kanter is a young adult author. She is the author of What I Like About You and As If On Cue. Kanter is also involved in the publishing industry.

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“Tanita S. Davis is an American author of young adult novels, best known for her NAACP Image Award-nominated and Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel Mare's War” (Wikipedia).

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“Katherena Vermette (She/her/hers) is a Red River Metis (Michif) writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the metis Nation. She has worked in poetry, novels, children’s literature, and film.” (Katherena Vermette)

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“Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong-American writer. She is the author of the memoirs The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, The Song Poet, and Somewhere in the Unknown World. Yang is also the author of the children’s books A map Into the World, The Shared…

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“Jessica Ralli is the coordinator of early literacy programs at Brooklyn Public Library. She is also an author who advocates for early literacy and play-based learning. In 2020, she was the recipient of the Library Journal Movers and Shakers Award…

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“Megan Madison is an early childhood educator, scholar and activist based in New York City. In addition to early childhood education, she works as an author and trainer facilitating anti-oppression workshops for teachers and families"…

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Suzanne Collins began her career as a children's television show writer then an author. Collins is an award winning author which inlcude the 2016 Authors Guild Award for Distingushed Service to the Literary Community, the 2008 CYBIL Award for Fantasy…

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Making her own picture books since childhood, Lenore found her love of storytelling at a very young age. After her career as a journalist, she started writing childrens books such as the Alvin Ho series.

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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…

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Amelia resides in London, England where she enjoys her private life with her partner, little boy and two elderly dogs. She enjoys daydreaming in the garden to help inspire her writing

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Lana Popovic is an author and literary agent. She studied both psychology and literature at Yale University, studied Law at Boston University, and then graduated from Emerson College with a master’s degree in publishing and writing. Popovic also…

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Andrea Beaty’s family ran a grocery store in Benton, Illinois where she developed a love for reading mystery books. After attending Southern Illinois University for computer science where afterwards she obtained a job for a computer software company…

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Currently living in New York after having moved around so much, she says shes been 'the new girl' her whole life. Personal experiences such as this are what inspires her writing. She is a former board member of We Need Diverse Books.

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