GRACIE MARSDEN is the Taiwanese-American author of BONES OF JADE, FLESH LIKE ICE. She grew up moving frequently between the US and Taiwan, and loves to learn new things about…
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Kathryn Lopez Luker
KATHRYN LOPEZ LUKER has been an avid reader and writer for about 55 years. (She is now 59 years old.) To her great delight, her love of reading prepared her…
Samantha Hastings
SAMANTHA HASTINGS met her husband in a turkey sandwich line. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she spends most of her time reading, having tea parties, and chauffeuring…
Janet Sumner Johnson
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…
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…