Illustration & Graphic Storytelling

Eddie

Ahn

Graphic Novelist & Artist

San Francisco, CA

Selina

Alko

Award Winning Kid Lit Author

New York, NY

Rose

Bousamra

Comics Professional and Illustrator

Detroit, MI

Emily

Bowen Cohen

Award Winning Graphic Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Greg

Cajete

Indigenous Educator

Albuquerque, NM

Michelle Jing

Chan

Author & Illustrator

Seattle, WA

Johnnie

Christmas

Middle Grade Graphic Novelist

Vancouver, BC

Lydi

Conklin

Short Story Writer & Novelist

Nashville, TN

Sherri

Duskey Rinker

Bestselling Picture Book Author

Chicago, IL

Chenoa

Egawa

Author & Illustrator

Seattle, WA

Matt

Eicheldinger

Bestselling Author

Minneapolis, MN

Malaka

Gharib

Award Winning YA Graphic Novelist

Nashville, TN

Stephen

Graham Jones

New York Times Bestselling Author

Boulder, CO

Shauna J.

Grant

Children’s Author

New York, NY

Mary Winn

Heider

Children’s & Middle Grade Author

Chicago, IL

Jonathan

Hill

Cartoonist & Illustrator

Portland, OR

Deborah

Hopkinson

Award Winning Children’s Author

Portland, OR

Susan B.

Katz

Picture Book & Middle Grade Author

San Francisco, CA

Renée

Kurilla

Children’s Author

Boston, MA

Scott

Magoon

Children’s Author & Illustrator

Boston, MA

Ira

Marcks

Award-Winning Cartoonist

Albany, NY

Katie

Mazeika

Award Winning Children’s Author

Cleveland, OH

Steve

Metzger

Bestselling Children’s Author

New York, NY

Daniel

Miyares

Award Winning Children’s Author & Illustrator

Kansas City, MO

Cherry

Mo

Children’s Author

Atlanta, GA

Yesenia

Moises

Afro-Latina Children’s Author

Raleigh, NC

Brad

Montague

Bestselling Children’s Author & Illustrator

Memphis, TN

Oge

Mora

Award Winning Children’s Author

Providence, RI

G.

Neri

Award Winning Author for All Ages

Tampa, FL

Nora

Neus

Emmy-nominated Journalist

Brooklyn, NY

Rex

Ogle

Middle Grade & Young Adult Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Zachariah

OHora

Children’s Author & Illustrator

Philadelphia, PA

Claribel A.

Ortega

Bestselling Middle Grade Novelist

White Plains, NY

Mirelle

Ortega

Award Winning Artist

Los Angeles, CA

Andy J.

Pizza

Bestselling Author-Illustrator

Columbus, OH

Jason

Platt

Children’s/Middle Grade Author & Illustrator

Moline, IL

Misako

Rocks!

Japanese Manga Artist

Lockbourne, OH

Katherine

Roy

Author & Illustrator of Children’s Books

Portland, OR

Sarah

Sax

Middle Grade Author/Illustrator

Portland, ME

Maria

Scrivan

Middle Grade Graphic Novelist

Greenwich, CT

Brandon T.

Snider

Middle Grade & Young Adult Novelist

New York, NY

Grant

Snider

Author & Illustrator

Wichita, KS

Vesper

Stamper

Young Adult Novelist & Illustrator

Newark, NJ

Ed

Steckley

Children’s BookIllustrator

Milwaukee, WI

Janet

Tashjian

Children’s/Middle Grade/Young Adult Author

Los Angeles, CA

Matt

Tavares

New York Times Bestselling Author

Portland, ME

Raina

Telgemeier

Middle Grade Graphic Novelist

San Francisco, CA

Vivian

Truong

Bestselling Illustrator

London, UK

Colleen AF

Venable

Award Winning Author

North Adams, MA

Jack

Wong

Award Winning Children’s Author

Halifax, NS