BIPOC Representation

Marzieh

Abbas

Award Winning Author

Karachi, Pakistan

Omar

Abed

Children’s Author

Dulles, VA

Faridah

Àbíké-Íyímídé

Bestselling Young Adult Novelist

London, UK

Alliah L.

Agostini

Children’s Author

Newark, NJ

Lisa

Bird-Wilson

Award Winning Novelist

Saskatoon, SK

Lauren

Blackwood

Bestselling Young Adult Novelist

Norfolk, VA

Jeffrey

Blount

Award Winning Novelist

Washington, DC

Andrew

Boryga

Debut Novelist

Miami, FL

Angeline

Boulley

Bestselling Young Adult Novelist

Chicago, IL

Rose

Bousamra

Comics Professional and Illustrator

Detroit, MI

Emily

Bowen Cohen

Award Winning Graphic Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Nick

Brooks

Young Adult & Middle Grade Author

Los Angeles, CA

Greg

Cajete

Indigenous Educator

Albuquerque, NM

Pablo

Cartaya

Middle Grade Novelist

Miami, FL

JC

Cervantes

Bestselling Novelist

Santa Fe, NM

Essie

Chambers

Bestselling Novelist

New York, NY

Michelle Jing

Chan

Author & Illustrator

Seattle, WA

Janie

Chang

Bestselling Historical Novelist

Vancouver, BC

e.E.

Charlton-Trujillo

Kid Lit Author

Bloomington, IN

Charlotte

Cheng

Children’s Author

San Mateo, CA

Johnnie

Christmas

Middle Grade Graphic Novelist

Vancouver, BC

Victoria

Christopher Murray

Bestselling Novelist

Washington, DC

Deedee

Cummings

Children’s Author

Louisville, KY

Jasmin

Darznik

Novelist & Memoirist

San Francisco, CA

Christine

Day

Award Winning Author

Seattle, WA

Jennifer

De Leon

Young Adult & Memoir/Essay Author

Boston, MA

Lucky

Diaz

Picture Book Author

Los Angeles, CA

Chitra Banerjee

Divakaruni

Award Winning Author

Houston, TX

Violet

Duncan

Children’s & Middle Grade Author

Phoenix, AZ

Chenoa

Egawa

Author & Illustrator

Seattle, WA

Reem

Faruqi

Award-Winning Picture Book Author

Atlanta, GA

Carolyn

Finney

Storyteller & Cultural Geographer

Burlington, VT

Jamie

Ford

Bestselling Historical Novelist

Great Falls, MT

John

Francis

UN Goodwill Ambassador

Cape May, NJ

Lauren

Francis-Sharma

Award-Winning Novelist

Washington, DC

Marcela

Fuentes

Prize-Winning Writer & Essayist

Dallas, TX

Camryn

Garrett

Young Adult Author

New York, NY

Malaka

Gharib

Award Winning YA Graphic Novelist

Nashville, TN

Amitav

Ghosh

Award Winning Author & Global Thinker

New York, NY

Dina

Gilio-Whitaker

Indigenous Author & Speaker

San Clemente, CA

Mariah

Gladstone

Indigenous Cookbook Author

Kalispell, MT

Laurel

Goodluck

Award Winning Picture Book Author

Albuquerque, NM

Stephen

Graham Jones

New York Times Bestselling Author

Boulder, CO

Reyna

Grande

Bestselling Memoirist & Novelist

Sacramento, CA

Shauna J.

Grant

Children’s Author

New York, NY

Byron

Graves

Award Winning Novelist

Denver, CO

Monique

Gray Smith

Indigenous Kid-Lit Novelist

Victoria, BC

Winona

Guo

TED Residency Fellow

San Francisco, CA

Winona & Priya

Guo & Vulchi

TED Residency Fellows

San Francisco, CA

Jas

Hammonds

Award Winning Author

Newark, NJ

Crystal

Hana Kim

Critically Acclaimed Novelist

New York, NY

Donna

Hemans

Critically Acclaimed Novelist

Baltimore, MD

David

Heska Wanbli Weiden

Award Winning Novelist

Denver, CO

Jon

Hickey

Indigenous Writer

San Francisco, CA

India

Hill Brown

Middle Grade Novelist

Columbia, SC

Jamie Jo

Hoang

Award Winning Author

Houston, TX

Brandon

Hobson

Critically Acclaimed Novelist

La Cruces, NM

Linda

Hogan

Chickasaw Novelist, Poet & Essayist

Denver, CO

Oscar

Hokeah

Critically Acclaimed Novelist

Tahlequah, OK

Candice

Iloh

Award-Winning Young Adult Novelist

Philadelphia, PA

Emiko

Jean

YA & Adult Novelist

Vancouver, WA

Sadeqa

Johnson

New York Times Bestselling Author

Richmond, VA

Kim

Johnson

Activist and Educator

Washington D.C.

Paterson

Joseph

Award Winning Author

London, UK

Alka

Joshi

New York Times Best Selling Author

Pacific Grove, CA

Amanda

Joy

Young Adult Fantasy Novelist

Chicago, IL

Ali

Kamanda

Author of Children’s Fiction

Lancaster, PA

Susan B.

Katz

Picture Book & Middle Grade Author

San Francisco, CA

Adib

Khorram

Young Adult Novelist

Kansas City, MO

Angie

Kim

Award Winning Novelist

Great Falls, VA

Kathlyn J.

Kirkwood

Middle Grade Author

Memphis, TN

RF

Kuang

Bestselling Fantasy Novelist

New Haven, CT

Chris

La Tray

Métis storyteller

Missoula, MT

Rajani

LaRocca

Award Winning Children’s Author

Boston, MA

Stacey

Lee

Bestselling Young Adult Novelist

San Jose, CA

Edward

Lee

James Beard Award Winning Author

Julia

Lee

Korean American Writer

Los Angeles, CA

Darcie

Little Badger

Award Winning Lipan Apache Author

Corona del Mar, CA

Zelda

Lockhart

Award-Winning Novelist

Durham, NC

Amina

Luqman-Dawson

Coretta Scott King & Newbery Medalist

Arlington, VA

Debra

Magpie Earling

Author of Fiction

Missoula, MT

Mélina

Mangal

Picture Book Author

Minneapolis, MN

Amber

McBride

Coretta Scott King Award Winner

Charlottesville, VA

Bernice

McFadden

Bestselling Novelist

New York, NY

Kristina

McMorris

Novelist

Portland, OR

Lily

Meade

Young Adult Novelist

Seattle, WA

Jasminne

Mendez

Award Winning Author

Houston, TX

James Edward

Mills

Changing the Face of the Outdoors

Madison, WI

Cherry

Mo

Children’s Author

Atlanta, GA

Yesenia

Moises

Afro-Latina Children’s Author

Raleigh, NC

Edward Kelsey

Moore

Bestselling Novelist

Chicago, IL

Tanisia

Moore

Children’s, YA & Adult Author

Birmingham, AL

Silvia

Moreno-Garcia

Bestselling Novelist

Vancouver, BC

Stephanie

Morningstar

Scholar

Buffalo, NY

Jason

Mott

Bestselling & Award Winning Novelist

Wilmington, NC

Maika and Maritza

Moulite

Sister-Writer Duo

Washington, DC

Vita

Murrow

Award Winning Children’s Author

Boston, MA

Adiba

Nelson

Inspirational Speaker & Memoirist

Tucson, AZ

G.

Neri

Award Winning Author for All Ages

Tampa, FL

Laura

Obuobi

Children’s Author

Los Angeles, CA

Shirlene

Obuobi

Ghanaian-American Novelist

Providence, RI

Tochi

Onyebuchi

Award Winning Novelist

New Haven, CT

Claribel A.

Ortega

Bestselling Middle Grade Novelist

White Plains, NY

Mirelle

Ortega

Award Winning Artist

Los Angeles, CA

Patricia

Park

Award Winning Young Adult Author

Brooklyn, NY

Jamar J.

Perry

Middle Grade Novelist

Largo, MD

Audrey

Peterman

Environmental Diversity Expert

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Jorge

Redmond

Author of Children’s Books

Asheville, NC

Marcellas

Reynolds

Award Winning Author

Los Angeles, CA

Helena Ku

Rhee

Award Winning Children’s Author

Los Angeles, CA

Waubgeshig

Rice

Bestselling Fiction Writer

Sudbury, ON

Eden

Robinson

Bestselling Author of Fiction

Haisla, BC

Andrea

Rogers

Children’s Writers, Middle Grade & YA

Fayetteville, AR

Etaf

Rum

NYT Best Selling Author

Raleigh-Durham, NC

Annette

Saunooke Clapsaddle

Award Winning Author

Qualla, NC

Hannah V.

Sawyerr

Award Winning Author

Los Angeles, CA

Nikki

Shannon Smith

Award Winning Children’s Author

Sacramento, CA

Terah

Shelton Harris

Debut Novelist

Dothan, AL

Peng

Shepherd

Award Winning Novelist

Brooklyn, NY

Sita

Singh

Award Winning Children’s Author

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Brendan

Slocumb

Author and Educator

Washington, DC

Sherri L.

Smith

Middle Grade & Young Adult Author

Los Angeles, CA

Meera

Sriram

Children’s Writer

San Francisco, CA

Tara M.

Stringfellow

Bestselling Novelist

Memphis, TN

Natalia

Sylvester

Adult and Young Adult Novelist

Miami, FL

Mariahadessa Ekere

Tallie

Award Winning Children’s Author

Providence, RI

ReShonda

Tate

Bestselling Author

Houston, TX

The Beautiful & Banned

Nonfiction Writer & Journalist

Austin, TX & Scranton, PA

Jamilah

Thompkins-Bigelow

Award Winning Children’s Book Author

Philadelphia, PA

Ari

Tison

Award Winning Author

Minneapolis, MN

Thrity

Umrigar

Novelist & Children’s Author

Cleveland, OH

Raquel

Vasquez Gilliland

Poet & YA Novelist

Johnson City, TN

Elisabet

Velasquez

Award Winning Author

Newark, NJ

Priya

Vulchi

Author

Cambridge, MA

Frank X

Walker

Poet

Lexington, KY

Barbara

Wall

Storyteller& Educator

Keene, ON

Robin

Wall Kimmerer

Plant Ecologist, Educator & Writer

Syracuse, NY

Rebekah

Weatherspoon

Romance Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Seina

Wedlick

Picture Book Author

San Francisco, CA

Kyle

Whyte

Professor

Detroit, MI

Dan

Wildcat

Nonfiction Writer

Kansas City, MO

Crystal

Wilkinson

Poet Laureate, Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Ian

Williams

Author of Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

Toronto, ON

Brittany N.

Williams

Young Adult Novelist

New Orleans, LA

Nyasha

Williams

Social Justice Griot

Denver, CO

Lakita

Wilson

Children’s/Middle Grade/Young Adult Author

Baltimore, MD

Diane

Wilson

Novelist & Memoirist

Minneapolis, MN

Jack

Wong

Award Winning Children’s Author

Halifax, NS

Erika T.

Wurth

Urban Native

Denver, CO

Brian

Young

Middle & Young Adult Author

New York, NY