Category: Diversity

Bowen Cohen
Emily
Emily Bowen Cohen creates comics that explore intersectional identity. She is Jewish and a member of the …
Chan
Michelle Jing
Michelle Jing Chan is a queer Chinese American author-illustrator who grew up in Colorado and now lives i…
Francis-Sharma
Lauren
Lauren Francis-Sharma is the author of both Book of the Little Axe, the 2020 American Library Association…
Fuentes
Marcela
Marcela Fuentes is a Pushcart Prize-winning fiction writer and essayist. Her essays and stories have appe…
Hayden
Chaz
Chaz Hayden is a YA author and disability awareness advocate. His works include the 2024 release of Diet …
La Tray
Chris
Chris La Tray is a Métis storyteller, a descendent of the Pembina Band of the mighty Red River of the Nor…
Lee
Justin
For more than 25 years, Justin Lee has been known for handling divisive issues with thoughtfulness and nu…
Mendez
Jasminne
Jasminne Mendez is a Pura Belpré Honor award author and best-selling Dominican-American poet, educator, t…
Moore
Edward Kelsey
Edward Kelsey Moore is the author of the New York Times and international bestselling novel The Supremes …
Reynolds
Marcellas
Marcellas Reynolds, known as the "Walking, talking fashion Wikipedia," has traversed a unique path from w…
Sawyerr
Hannah V.
Hannah V. Sawyerr is a Sierra Leonean-American writer with a passion for people and storytelling. For Han…
Shannon Smith
Nikki
Nikki Shannon Smith is an educator, presenter, and the award-winning author of over 20 published and fort…