Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Vasquez Gilliland
Raquel
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland is a Mexican American poet, novelist and painter. She’s most inspired by fog and…
Velasquez
Elisabet
Elisabet Velasquez is a Boricua writer, mother of two children from Brooklyn, New York, now living in Jer…
Vulchi
Priya
Priya Vulchi is the author of Good Friends: Bonds That Change Us and the World (LegacyLit, April 2025). I…
Walker
Frank X
A native of Danville, Kentucky, Frank X Walker is the first African American writer to be named Kentucky …
Wilkinson
Crystal
Crystal Wilkinson, a recent fellowship recipient of the Academy of American Poets, is the award-winning a…
Williams
Ian
Ian Williams is the author of seven books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. His book, Disorientation, c…
Williams
Brittany N.
Brittany N. Williams is the author of the YA historical fantasy That Self-Same Metal, Book #1 in the Forg…
Williams
Nyasha
Nyasha Williams, a passionate social justice griot, has a unique background of living intermittently betw…
Wilson
Lakita
Lakita Wilson is the author of several novels and non-fiction projects for children and young adults, inc…
Wong
Jack
Jack Wong (黃雋喬) is the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award-winning author/illustrator of WHEN YOU CAN SWIM (Scho…
Yogis
Jaimal
Jaimal Yogis is a writer, speaker, film producer and outdoorsman whose work spans books, journalism, and …