Category: Major Award Winners

Altman
Elissa
Elissa Altman is an award-winning author of literary memoir, essay, and food narrative, who writes from t…
Baker Kline
Christina
Christina Baker Kline is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, …
Benedict
Marie
Marie Benedict is a New York Times and USAToday bestselling author of eight works of historical fiction. …
Benjamin
Melanie
Melanie Benjamin is the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling historical novels The Swan…
Bird-Wilson
Lisa
Lisa Bird-Wilson is a Saskatchewan Métis and Cree writer whose work appears in literary magazines, newspa…
Boulley
Angeline
Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller …
Cash
Wiley
Wiley Cash is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels and the founder of This Is Working, an…
Charlton-Trujillo
e.E.
Mexican American author, filmmaker and youth literacy activist e.E. Charlton-Trujillo (they, them) has wr…
Christmas
Johnnie
Johnnie Christmas is a #1 New York Times Best Selling graphic novelist. His 2022 middle grade graphic nov…
De Leon
Jennifer
Born in the Boston area to Guatemalan parents, Jennifer De Leon is the author of the novel Don’t Ask Me W…
Gantos
Jack
Jack Gantos has written books for readers of all ages, from picture books and middle-grade fiction to nov…
Ghosh
Amitav
Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He studied in Delhi, Ox…