Moore
Edward Kelsey Moore is the author of the New York Times and international bestselling novel The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat and a second Supremes novel, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues. The Supremes At Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat was chosen as a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and was also named an Illinois […]
Fuentes
Marcela Fuentes is a Pushcart Prize-winning fiction writer and essayist. Her essays and stories have appeared in Texas Highways Magazine, Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, and other journals. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (MFA) and Georgia State University (PhD). She was the 2016-2017 James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for […]
Toalson
R.L. (Rachel) Toalson is the award-winning author of multiple prose and poetry novels for young people, including the middle grade books The Colors of the Rain, The Woods, The First Magnificent Summer, Something Maybe Magnificent, The Unforgettable Leta “Lightning” Laurel, and the forthcoming My Brother Oliver, (Simon & Schuster, May 2026), as well as several […]
Sawyerr
Hannah V. Sawyerr is a Sierra Leonean-American writer with a passion for people and storytelling. For Hannah’s literary and community involvement, she was recognized as the 2016 Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore. Her spoken word poetry has been featured on the British Broadcasting Channel’s (BBC) “World Have Your Say” program, as well as the National […]
Mendez
Jasminne Mendez is a Pura Belpré Honor award author and best-selling Dominican-American poet, educator, translator, and playwright of several books for children and adults. Born and raised all over the country due to her father’s military service, She is the daughter of immigrants and considers herself an Afro-Latina of The South since she was raised […]
Bowen Cohen
Emily Bowen Cohen creates comics that explore intersectional identity. She is Jewish and a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She uses personal experience to tell stories that examine contemporary American and Jewish culture. Emily grew up in rural Oklahoma. Her father was the Chief of Staff at their tribal hospital and her mother is […]
Abed
Omar Abed writes children’s books, poetry, and computer code. While studying computer engineering in college, Omar turned to spoken-word poetry as a creative outlet for self-expression. His passion for rhyme and rhythm set him on an unplanned path to writing picture books. He self-published his first book, You, Me, and a Tree, in order to […]
Dray
Stephanie Dray is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of historical women’s fiction. Renowned for her captivating storytelling and detailed historical narratives, Stephanie has written acclaimed works such as America’s First Daughter, My Dear Hamilton, The Women of Chateau Lafayette, and Becoming Madam Secretary. These novels have cemented her […]
Lee
For more than 25 years, Justin Lee has been known for handling divisive issues with thoughtfulness and nuance. He is the author of Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree With and Maybe Even Change the World, which is now being used as a textbook in college classrooms to teach students […]
Brown
Pierce Brown is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star, Iron Gold, Dark Age and Light Bringer. His work has been published in thirty-four languages and thirty-six territories. He has also written a six-issue prequel comic books series, Red Rising: Songs of Ares. Storytelling has always been a […]