Craft of Writing

Omar

Abed

Children’s Author

Dulles, VA

Corban

Addison

Bestselling Author of Fiction & Nonfiction

Charlottesville, VA

Natalie

Baszile

Award-Nominated Fiction Novelist

San Francisco, CA

Barbara

Becker

Award Winning Author

New York, NY

Adam

Borba

Middle Grade Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Angela

Burke Kunkel

Award Winning Children’s Author

Burlington, VT

Wiley

Cash

Bestselling & Award Winning Novelist

Wilmington, NC

Yangsze

Choo

Bestselling Novelist

San Francisco, CA

Julie C.

Dao

Critically Acclaimed Author

Boston, MA

Lisl H.

Detlefsen

Picture Book Writer

Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Stephanie

Dray

New York Times Bestselling Author

Baltimore, MD

Claudia J.

Ford

Honored Scholar and Fellow

Buffalo, NY

Jack

Gantos

Middle Grade/Young Adult Author

Boston, MA

Byron

Graves

Award Winning Novelist

Denver, CO

Evan

Griffith

Middle Grade and Nonfiction Author

Austin, TX

Emily

Habeck

Bestselling Debut Novelist

Boston, MA

Jas

Hammonds

Award Winning Author

Newark, NJ

Chaz

Hayden

Young Adult Author

Easton, PA

Leigh Ann

Henion

New York Times Bestselling Author

Boone, NC

David

Heska Wanbli Weiden

Award Winning Novelist

Denver, CO

Jon

Hickey

Indigenous Writer

San Francisco, CA

Sarah & Ian

Hoffman

Children’s Authors

San Francisco, CA

Deborah

Hopkinson

Award Winning Children’s Author

Portland, OR

Sadeqa

Johnson

New York Times Bestselling Author

Richmond, VA

Jean

Kwok

New York Times Bestselling Author

New York City

Michael

Leali

Award-Winning Writer & Educator

San Francisco, CA

Ken

Liu

Award Winning Fantasy Author

Boston, MA

Scott

Magoon

Children’s Author & Illustrator

Boston, MA

Meredith

Maran

Nonfiction Writer & Memoirist

Los Angeles, CA

Bernice

McFadden

Bestselling Novelist

New York, NY

Lily

Meade

Young Adult Novelist

Seattle, WA

Yesenia

Moises

Afro-Latina Children’s Author

Raleigh, NC

Edward Kelsey

Moore

Bestselling Novelist

Chicago, IL

Ann

Napolitano

New York Times Bestselling Author

New York, NY

Colleen

Oakley

Bestselling Author

Atlanta, GA

Jayne Anne

Phillips

Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction

Boston, MA

Andy J.

Pizza

Bestselling Author-Illustrator

Columbus, OH

Nita

Prose

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author

Toronto, ON

Vanessa

Riley

Award Winning Historical Novelist

Atlanta, GA

Jennifer

Robson

Bestselling Author

Toronto, ON

Julie

Satow

Bestselling Author

New York, NY

Hannah V.

Sawyerr

Award Winning Author

Los Angeles, CA

Saïd

Sayrafiezadeh

Award-Winning Memoirist & Fiction Writer

New York, NY

Peng

Shepherd

Award Winning Novelist

Brooklyn, NY

Traci

Sorell

Award Winning Children’s Author

Tulsa, OK

Sofi

Thanhauser

Writer & Artist

Brooklyn, NY

Ari

Tison

Award Winning Author

Minneapolis, MN

Lisa

Unger

Bestselling Novelist

Tampa, FL

Frank X

Walker

Poet

Lexington, KY

Ian

Williams

Author of Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

Toronto, ON

Erika T.

Wurth

Urban Native

Denver, CO