O’Shaughnessy
Kate O’Shaughnessy is an award-winning middle grade and young adult author. Her books have won numerous distinctions and awards, including a Newbery Honor, the Northern California Book Award, and the Vermont State Book Award. Her work has been nominated for over thirty state award reading lists and recognized on best-of lists by places and publications […]
Cerra
Kerry O’Malley Cerra is an award-winning author of middle-grade books and picture books. Her first novel, Just a Drop of Water, was published on September 2, 2014, by Sky Pony Press. It won a Florida Book Award, the Crystal Kite Award, and was named to VOYA’s Top Shelf Fiction for Middle Readers’ 2014 list. In […]
de Sève
Randall de Sève is a New York Times bestselling author of award-winning picture books that have been translated into many languages worldwide. All of her stories spring from real life, then take shape in her imagination. An early childhood educator and parent to two (now) young adults, Randall sees children’s literature as an invitation to […]
Cosgrove
Award-winning children’s entertainer and author Jim Cosgrove was dubbed “Mr. Stinky Feet” by his young fans after the release of his second album Stinky Feet. For nearly three decades, he has delighted audiences throughout North America and Europe with his authentic brand of family-folk-rock. With over 5,250 high-energy, interactive performances in 31 U.S. states and […]
Stromoski
Rick Stromoski is an award-winning cartoonist and humorous illustrator whose works include the syndicated comic strips Mullets, Soup to Nutz, and Schnozzer & Tatertoes graphic novels. His illustrations and cartoons have appeared in national magazines, children’s books, educational publications, licensing, advertising, newspaper syndication and network television. He is a self-taught artist who was influenced by […]
Renkl
Billy Renkl grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and earned his undergraduate degree in illustration from Auburn University. His M.F.A., from the University of South Carolina, is in drawing. Today he teaches illustration, collage, and drawing as a professor of art at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. He and his wife have three adult […]
James
Cassandra James grew up in a mixed immigrant family with a penchant for storytelling, so becoming a writer was almost inevitable. She recently graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English focusing on Creative Writing. After solo-traveling the world for several months, she met her swoon-worthy husband and landed in Orlando, Florida, where she […]
West
Wallace is an award-winning children’s book author / illustrator and a world explorer. His first picture book, Mighty Red Riding Hood won a Lambda Literary Award. He also illustrated the NY Times bestselling middle-grade Dogtown series by legendary authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko. Kirkus has called his illustrations “utterly charming” and “expressive” with a […]
Kunz
Rebecca Lee Kunz is an artist, illustrator, and the owner of Tree of Life Studio. She was awarded the 2025 Randolph Caldecott Award for her illustrations in the picture book Chooch Helped. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Rebecca’s work draws upon tribal iconography, archetypal symbolism, and mythology. A visual storyteller and folklorist, […]
Foody
Amanda Foody is the New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestselling author of the Wilderlore series, A Fate So Cold and All of Us Villains (with C. L. Herman), and more. Wilderlore: The Accidental Apprentice was a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, and All of Us Villains was awarded a Junior […]