Category: Kid-Lit: Middle Grade

Tate
ReShonda
  As the national bestselling author of more than 50 books, ReShonda Tate has the credentials, an…
Tavares
Matt
New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Matt Tavares was born in Boston, and grew up surrounded by …
Taylor
Candacy
Candacy Taylor is an award-winning cultural documentarian, photographer, and the author of the bestsellin…
Telgemeier
Raina
Raina Telgemeier is the author and illustrator of the graphic novels Smile, Drama, Sisters, Ghosts, and G…
Michael E. Gray
Jamilah
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, M.S.Ed, is a Philadelphia-based, award-winning children’s book author. A forme…
Toalson
R.L. (Rachel)
R.L. (Rachel) Toalson is the award-winning author of the middle grade books THE COLORS OF THE RAIN, a mid…
van Eekhout
Greg
Greg van Eekhout was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, in neighborhoods with hippies, criminals…
Velasquez
Elisabet
Elisabet Velasquez is a Boricua writer, mother of two children from Brooklyn, New York, now living in Jer…
Photo Credit: Mindy Tucker
Colleen AF
Colleen AF Venable is the author of indie bestseller Katie the Catsitter graphic novel series with Stepha…
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…
Young
Brian
Author and filmmaker, Brian Young is a graduate of both Yale University with a Bachelor’s in Film Studies…