Brooks
Nick Brooks is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and musician from Washington, DC. He’s a 2020 graduate of USC’s MFA Film/TV Production program, with his films earning him both the prestigious George Lucas Scholar Award and the James Bridges and Jack Larson Award for Writing and Directing. His films have been recognized by film festivals across […]
Harris
New York Times bestselling children’s poet Chris Harris is the author of the acclaimed poetry collections I’m Just No Good at Rhyming and My Head Has a Bellyache. Chris is the author of several picture books as well, including The Alphabet’s Alphabet with Dan Santat and the YouTube smash hit If You Laugh, I’m Starting This […]
Haupt
Lyanda Lynn Haupt is an award-winning author, naturalist, ecophilosopher, and speaker whose work explores the beautiful, complicated connections between humans and the wild, natural world.. Her newest book is Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit (Little, Brown Spark 2023). Lyanda’s writing is acclaimed for combining scientific knowledge with literary, poetic prose. […]
Satow
Julie Satow is is the author of The New York Times bestseller, When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and named Best Book of The Year by Amazon, the Financial Times, Cosmopolitan, Smithsonian, the New York Post, and […]
Rosner
Elizabeth Rosner’s newest book of nonfiction is Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening. It’s a hybrid of memoir and interdisciplinary research, weaving personal stories of a multilingual upbringing with the latest scientific breakthroughs in inter-species communication to show how the skill of deep listening enhances our curiosity and empathy toward the […]
Swenson
Kate Swenson, founder of Finding Cooper’s Voice, launched her website in November of 2014 in secret from her living room. She knew something was different about her son. She knew she was sad and confused and that it was a lot harder than it should be. She also knew she didn’t want anyone else to […]
Quave
Cassandra Quave is an amputee, mother, explorer, scientist, and inventor. She is the author of The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines, which weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey to discover new solutions for the antibiotic resistance crisis. The Plant Hunter received […]
Marcks
Ira Marcks is the award-winning cartoonist behind the creepy kid mysteries Shark Summer, Spirit Week and the upcoming Snake Night. His books have been recommended by The New York Times, appeared on ‘Best of the Year’ list for the American Library Association, received a Gold Selection from the Junior Library Guild, as well as Maryland’s […]
Truong
Vivian Truong is a British-Born Chinese artist from London. She is the illustrator behind various books and graphic novels including the bestselling middle grade series: City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm, Cooking with Monsters, I Am Fun Size and So Are You!, The Day the Teachers Disappeared, and her latest book, Buddha Jumps Over the […]
Griffith
Evan Griffith is the author of the middle-grade novels Manatee Summer and The Strange Wonders of Roots (winner of the Green Earth Book Award) and the picture book biographies Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist and Wild at Heart: The Story of Olaus and Mardy Murie, Defenders of Nature […]