Category: Disability Awareness

Altman
Elissa
Elissa Altman is an award-winning author of literary memoir, essay, and food narrative, who writes from t…
Callen
Rocky
Rocky Callen, the daughter of an Ecuadorian immigrant, has long lived a life of service ever since she wa…
Charlton-Trujillo
e.E.
Described as a “force of nature” by Kirkus Reviews, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo is unquestionably one of the m…
Cummings
Deedee
As a therapist, attorney, CEO of Make A Way Media, and author of fifteen children’s books, Deedee Cumming…
Day
Christine
Christine Day is a citizen of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe. Her first novel, I Can Make This Promise, wa…
Forsthoefel
Andrew
Andrew Forsthoefel is the author of Walking to Listen, a critically acclaimed coming-of-age memoir about …
Garvin
Eileen
Born and raised in eastern Washington, Eileen Garvin lives in Hood River, Oregon. Her novels, The Music o…
Gilbert
Allison
Allison Gilbert is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and one of the most influential writers and speakers …
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Laurie
Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author, and winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial …
Hammonds
Jas
Jas Hammonds (they/she) was raised in many cities and between the pages of many books. They have received…
Harvey Garner
Chelsea
Chelsea Harvey Garner is a psychotherapist, writer, and founding director of Big Feels Lab, a nonprofit p…
Hayden
Chaz
Chaz Hayden is a YA author and disability awareness advocate. His works include the 2024 release of Diet …