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  Adam Rex

  Adam Rex grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, the middle of three children. He was neither the smart one (older brother) or the cute one (younger sister), but he was the one who could draw. He took a lot of art classes as a kid, trying to learn to draw better, and started painting when he was 11. And later in life he was drawn down to Tucson in order to hone his skills, get a BFA from the University of Arizona, and meet his physicist wife Marie (who is both the smart and cute one).
  
  Adam is nearsighted, bad at all sports, learning to play the theremin, and usually in need of a shave. He can carry a tune, if you don't mind the tune getting dropped and stepped on occasionally. He never remembers anyone's name until he's heard it at least three times. H

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  Julia Seal

  Julia Seal is an author-illustrator from a small village in England. She knew from the age of five what she wanted to do for a living – draw pictures! After studying Graphic Design and Illustration, Julia got a job making greetings cards, where she came home each day covered in glitter. After this, she managed to land her dream job of creating children’s books, and hasn’t looked back since. She’s illustrated more than 70 books over the past 9 years! Julia has recently started writing books and gets her inspiration from things going on around her. She keeps a little book of funny quotes and overheard snippets of conversations that often turn into stories. Her two children also provide endless inspiration.

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  Kyo Maclear

  Kyo Maclear is an essayist, novelist and children’s author. She was born in London, England and moved to Toronto at the age of four with her British father (a foreign correspondent and documentary filmmaker) and Japanese mother (a painter and art dealer).
  
  Her books have been translated into eighteen languages, published in over twenty-five countries, and garnered nominations from the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards, the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, the National Magazine Awards, among other honours.
  
  Unearthing: a Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets (2023) was a national bestseller and awarded the Governor General’s Literary Award for No

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  Shirley Parenteau

  This is my second time around as a children's book writer. When my own 3 children were young, I had 8 books published. My children grew up and for a time, I wrote women's fiction. Now I have 6 grandchildren, all girls. I'm writing for children again and loving it!
  
  One of my granddaughter's play with stuffed animals in a bookstore children's area led me to write Bears on Chairs, a picture book published by Candlewick Press. The bears have made friends around the world and are especially popular in translation in Japan where David Walker's adorable illustrations have captivated readers.
  
  Bears on Chairs was followed by Bears in Beds and in 2014 by Bears and a Bath. Illustrator David Walker is currently preparing more adorable bear pictures for

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  Amy Krouse Rosenthal

  
  
  SHORT BIO:
  
  Amy Krouse Rosenthal was.
  She divided her time.
  
  
  NOT SO SHORT BIO:
  
  Amy Krouse Rosenthal was a person who liked to make things.
  Some things she liked to make include:
  
  Children's books. (Little Pea, Spoon, DuckRabbit)
  Grown-up books. (Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life)
  Short films. (The Beckoning of Lovely, The Money Tree)
  Guided journals. (The Belly Book)
  Something out of nothing. (see above)
  
  A longtime contributor to WBEZ and to the TED conference,
  Amy lived with her family in Chicago and online at whoisamy.com.

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  Kurtis Scaletta

  Kurtis Scaletta is the author of several books for young readers including Mudville, which was short listed for the Mark Twain Readers Award, and The Tanglewood Terror, which was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. He lives in Minneapolis with wife and son and some cats.

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  Ashley Marie Mireles

  Ashley Marie Mireles is an author and publishing professional living in California’s Central Valley. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators as well as the co-chair of IBPA’s DEI Committee and currently serves on the IBPA Board of Directors. She has published over 13 children’s books including 100 First Words for Little Californians, O is for Ocean, S is for Snow, Rock Legends Who Changed the World, and Little Fingers Ballet. As a child, she could be found in the local library or participating in the Young Author’s Fair. It was this early love of books that lead her to her career in publishing.
  
  Ashley hopes that the books she helps to create, write, sell, and promote, will bring happiness to readers everyw

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  Jenn Bailey

  Jenn Bailey is an author, editor, documentarian, blue-ribbon pie baker, and eager traveler. She received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Born and raised in Rhode Island, she now calls Kansas City home where she lives with her husband, three sons, and numerous cats and dogs. Jenn was inspired to write Henry's story after watching her own sons, one who is on the autism spectrum, navigate finding a friend - a process which took patience, time, and courage. But finding the right one was always, always worth it.

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  Tammi Sauer

  Tammi Sauer is the author of Cowboy Camp (Sterling, 2005), Chicken Dance (Sterling, 2009), Mostly Monsterly (Paula Wiseman/S&S, 2010), the forthcoming Princess-in-Training (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and something that's currently Top Secret.
  
  Tammi and her family live in Oklahoma with one dog, two geckos, and a tank full of random fish.

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  Mari Schuh

  Mari Schuh is the author of hundreds of nonfiction books for beginning readers, covering topics from tomatoes to tornadoes. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and their sassy house rabbit. Learn more about her at marischuh.com.
  

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  Maya Soetoro-Ng

  Maya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng born August 15, 1970 in Jakarta, Indonesia is the maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, the 44th and current President of the United States. She previously was a high school history teacher and university instructor in Hawaii.

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