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A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
This book was on Reese Witherspoon's book club list. This book is a heartfelt romantic novel about a Cuban girl finding her way but also finding a boyfriend.
Acevedo, Elizabeth
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…
Adeyemi, Tomi
Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in California. She graduated Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature and after studied West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil.
Alba, Jessica
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…
Ali, S. K.
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)
Baldacchino, Christine
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…
Beaty, Andrea
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…
Berenstain, Jan
An American writer and illustrator best known for creating the children's book series The Berenstain Bears.
Black, Holly
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…
Cast, Kristin
Kristin Cast is a New York Times bestselling author, who is known for co-writing and editing The House of Night with her mother P.C Cast. She grew up in Oklahoma and began writing when she was only 19 years old. Kristin and her mother have written…
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Cast, P.C
Phyllis Christine Cast (P.C Cast), is known for co-writing A House of Night series with her daughter Kristin Cast. She is a New York bestselling author who writes romance and fantasy novels. Cast taught high school for 15 years before retiring to…
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Collins, Suzanne
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…
Cooper, Susan
Cooper is an English children’s author best known for her young adult fantasy series The Dark is Rising. She was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1976 and the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 2012, recognizing her lifetime contribution to writing for teens.
Daniel, Danielle
Danielle grew up in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, also known as Sudbury, Ontario, and had an appreciation for nature from a young age. Her family's having indigenous roots to an Algonquin woman further influences her appreciation which is evident in her…
Davis, Tanita S.
“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).
De La Cruz, Melissa
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…
De Leon, Jennifer
Jennifer De Leon is the award-winning author of the essay collection White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, & Writing, andis presently the Assistant Professor ofCreative Writingat Framingham State University. Born of Guatemalan descent, she often…
Dean, Kimberly
Kimberly Dean is a children’s author, artist, and yoga enthusiast best known as a NYT bestselling author and co-parent of children’s book character Pete the Cat series.
Deen, Natasha
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…
DiCamillo, Kate
DiCamillo's first book,Because of Winn-Dixie, was published in 2000, while she was working at a book warehouse in Minneapolis, MN; it was named a Newbery Award Honor Book. She was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2004 forThe Tale of Despereaux (2003) and…
Donaldson, Julia
Donaldson is an author who is originally from London, England. Before being an author, she was a secondary school English teacher and a local singer and performer. Julia is most known for writing children's literature; The Gruffalo is one of her most…
Erivo, Cynthia
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.
Feder, Tyler
Feder is based in Chicago. Her work explores emotion, feminism, and pop culture.
Flett, Julie
A Cree-Metis author, illustrator, and artist who lives in Vancouver, Canada. Also known for works like Birdsong and When We Were Alone.
Florence, Debbi Michiko
She is Japanese American and has won many awards for her books, including the "Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best of 2021," the "Cybils Award" and the "Sunshine State Young Readers Award" (Michiko). She is a former school teacher, educator,…