JANET SUMNER JOHNSON is the author of several picture books, including Help Wanted: Must Love Books, which was the winner of the 2021 CLEL BELL Read Award and was nominated…
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Emily Inouye Huey
EMILY INOUYE HUEY writes historical fiction for children and teens. She is the author of BENEATH THE WIDE SILK SKY, which won the Golden Kite Award, the Malka Penn Award,…
Lindsay Hiller
LINDSAY HILLER grew up in Seattle hating creative writing—but she loved to read. At age 23 her husband dared her to write a book of her own and her entire…
Tracy Hill
Originally from St. Louis, TRACY HILL lives, works, and writes in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where her essay work…
Daphne Higbee
DAPHNE HIGBEE spent her childhood in libraries, listening to stories and checking out as many books as she could carry. The habit continued through college when she worked as a…
Rebecca Hicken
REBECCA HICKEN has nearly a decade of classroom teaching experience and is in hot pursuit of her MFA in creative writing. While English is her favorite subject to teach, she…
Mikki Helmer
A former bookseller, MIKKI HELMER currently works in the industry as a sensitivity reader and recently taught at the Writing Excuses: Riding Retreat. She writes queer sci-fi and fantasy novels…
Marc J Gregson
MARC J GREGSON is the New York Times bestselling author of the Above the Black trilogy. His work has been released in several languages across multiple continents, and his trilogy…
Mickey George
MICKEY GEORGE is an author and artist. Her debut young adult historical, Speak Easy, Speak Love, came out in 2017. She’s written two graphic novels: a standalone fable, The Heart…
Elisha Fernandez
ELISHA FERNANDEZ is a Latina writer, poet, editor, and artist. She strives to uplift and empower young adults from BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities through her work. Elisha writes fantasy, horror,…