Friendship & Community

Leslie

Adame

Middle Grade Author

Los Angeles, CA

Mary Kay

Andrews

Bestselling Novelist & Cookbook Author

Atlanta, GA

Jami

Attenberg

NYT Bestselling Author

New Orleans, LA

Chris

Baron

Award-Winning Author

San Diego, CA

Adam

Borba

Middle Grade Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Mikki

Brammer

Fiction Novelist

Brooklyn, NY

Lily

Brooks-Dalton

Bestselling Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Amy Jo

Burns

Novelist

Newark, NJ

Julie

Carrick Dalton

Journalist

Boston, MA

e.E.

Charlton-Trujillo

Kid Lit Author

Bloomington, IL

Paula

Chase

Critically Acclaimed Author

Baltimore, MD

Jim

Cosgrove

Award-Winning Children’s Entertainer

Kansas City, MO

Lynn

Cullen

Bestselling Novelist

Atlanta, GA

Cynthia

D’Aprix Sweeney

NYT Bestselling Author

New York, NY

Christine

Day

Award Winning Author

Seattle, WA

Alison

Espach

New York Times Bestselling Author

Providence, RI

Amanda

Eyre Ward

Bestselling Novelist & Nonfiction Author

Austin, TX

Reem

Faruqi

Award-Winning Picture Book Author

Atlanta, GA

John

Francis

UN Goodwill Ambassador

Cape May, NJ

Friends & Fiction

Best Selling Southern Novelists

South Carolina, Florida, Atlanta

Amity

Gaige

Bestselling Novelist

Hartford, CT

Camryn

Garrett

Young Adult Author

New York, NY

Eileen

Garvin

Bestselling Novelist

Portland, OR

Laurel

Goodluck

Award Winning Picture Book Author

Albuquerque, NM

Shauna J.

Grant

Children’s Author

New York, NY

Jane

Green

NYT Bestselling Author

Bridgeport, CT

Evan

Griffith

Middle Grade and Nonfiction Author

Austin, TX

Emily

Habeck

Bestselling Debut Novelist

Los Angeles, CA

Martha

Hall Kelly

Bestselling Historical Novelist

New York, NY

Chaz

Hayden

Young Adult Author

Easton, PA

Alastair

Heim

Children’s Book Author

Kansas City, MO

Rachel

Hochhauser

New York Times Bestselling Novelist

Portland, OR

Oscar

Hokeah

Critically Acclaimed Novelist

Tahlequah, OK

Michelle

Horton

Writer and Activist

Westchester, NY

Cassandra

James

Bestselling Novelist

Orlando, FL

Emiko

Jean

YA & Adult Novelist

Vancouver, WA

Marjan

Kamali

Bestselling Author

Boston, MA

Natalie

Lloyd

Bestselling Author

Chattanooga, TN

Aria Mia

Loberti

Children’s Author

Boston, MA

Lauren

Magaziner

Bestselling Author

Philadelphia, PA

Angela

May

Bestselling Middle Grade Author

Charleston, SC

Mallory

McDuff

Nonfiction Author

Asheville, NC

Kristina

McMorris

Novelist

Portland, OR

Jasminne

Mendez

Award Winning Author

Houston, TX

Steve

Metzger

Bestselling Children’s Author

New York, NY

Sam J.

Miller

Award Winning Author

New York, NY

Oge

Mora

Award Winning Children’s Author

Providence, RI

Maika and Maritza

Moulite

Sister-Writer Duo

Washington, DC

Vita

Murrow

Award Winning Children’s Author

Boston, MA

Leigh

Newman

Award Winning Author

Brooklyn, NY

Colleen

Oakley

Bestselling Author

Atlanta, GA

Shirlene

Obuobi

Ghanaian-American Novelist

Providence, RI

Emma

Pattee

Bestselling Novelist

Portland, OR

Jamar J.

Perry

Middle Grade Novelist

Largo, MD

Aimee

Phan

Young Adult Author

Oakland, CA

Sonido

Reyes

National Bestselling Author

Phoenix, AZ

Helena Ku

Rhee

Award Winning Children’s Author

Los Angeles, CA

Waubgeshig

Rice

Bestselling Fiction Writer

Sudbury, ON

Kim Michele

Richardson

Award Winning Author

Louisville, KY

Kaira

Rouda

Bestselling Novelist

Laguna Beach, CA

Alicia

Salazar

Mexican American Children’s Author

Houston, TX

Nikki

Shannon Smith

Award Winning Children’s Author

Sacramento, CA

Viola

Shipman

Wade Rouse

Palm Springs, CA & Saugatuck, MI

Sita

Singh

Award Winning Children’s Author

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Meera

Sriram

Children’s Writer

San Francisco, CA

J.E.

Stamper

Middle Grade & Young Adult Novelist

Blountville, TN

Elisa

Stone Leahy

Children’s and Middle Grade Author

Columbus, OH

Rick

Stromoski

Award Winning Cartoonist

Hartford, CT

Ryan Bani

Tahmaseb

Children’s & Middle Grade Author

York, ME

Raina

Telgemeier

Middle Grade Graphic Novelist

San Francisco, CA

R.L. (Rachel)

Toalson

Award Winning Author

San Antonio, TX

Vivian

Truong

Bestselling Illustrator

London, UK

Alana

Tyson

Award-Winning Storyteller

Washington, DC

Greg

van Eekhout

Middle Grade/Young Adult Author

San Diego, CA

Shelby

Van Pelt

Novelist

Chicago, IL

Jamie

Varon

Bestselling Non-Fiction Author

Los Angeles, CA

Willy

Vlautin

Award Winning Novelist

Portland, OR

Megan

Wagner Lloyd

Bestselling Author

Dulles, VA

Seina

Wedlick

Picture Book Author

San Francisco, CA

Wallace

West

Award Winning Illustrator

Baltimore, MD

Nyasha

Williams

Social Justice Griot

Denver, CO

Diane

Wilson

Novelist & Memoirist

Minneapolis, MN

Lisa

Wingate

Novelist

Dallas, TX

Monica

Wood

Novelist & Memoirist

Portland, ME

Kristy

Woodson Harvey

Bestelling Novelist

Raleigh, NC

Christina

Wyman

Bestselling Author

Detroit, MI

Brian

Young

Middle & Young Adult Author

New York, NY