Cynthia Mackey
Cynthia Mackey is the author of Katie Shaeffer Pancake Maker and The Lullaby Monsters and her poetry appears in The Dirigible Balloon and Little Thoughts Press, Hit the Road magazine. Her debut picture book, If a Bumblebee Lands on Your Toe is set for publication with Yeehoo Press in 2025. She was mentored by highly acclaimed Canadian author, Jean E. Pendziwol. With a Bachelor of Education degree, Cynthia is a nature preschool educator. She works to bring elements of joy, playfulness, and social-emotional learning to her writing. For more information, visit her website at booksbycindy.com
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Robin Currie
Robin Currie spent her library career in the children’s department, where she could baa, moo, and honk without getting shushed. Her writing engages children not only in noisemaking but jumping, waving, and face making. So do her sermons.
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Despite her incessant need to wiggle, Robin earned a Master’s Degree in Library Science and worked in public libraries before answering the call to seminary. She holds a Master’s of Divinity and Doctorate of Preaching, and remains active in area churches.
She and her husband have 4 mature children and a crop of grown-up grandchildren who keep them from becoming Old Foggie’s. Because there is no fun noise for that.
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Tonya Duncan Ellis
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I'm Suhasini Gupta, author of Kai Po Che: Mini's Perfect Kite. Flying kites is one of my fondest childhood memories during my summer visits to my grandparents.
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This story was inspired by the saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” After being stuck at home for over two years during the pandemic, my kids and I eagerly looked forward to the annual Indian Kite Festival. Unfortunately, we missed the event, and the disappointment felt a lot like the moment when your kite gets cut by someone else. That feeling of disappointment sparked the idea for Kai Po Che: Mini’s Perfect Kite.
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James Howe
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James Howe has written more than eighty books in the thirty-plus years he's been writing for young readers. It sometimes confuses people that the author of the humorous Bunnicula series also wrote the dark young adult novel, The Watcher, or such beginning reader series as Pinky and Rex and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winning Houndsley and Catina and its sequels. But from the beginning of his career (which came about somewhat by accident after asking himself what kind of vampire a rabbit might make), he has been most interested in letting his imagination take him in whatever direction it cared to. So far, his imagi -
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Many years have passed since Laura used to make her own books with manila paper, mucilage and crayons. Nowadays her books look much more professional, but the process of creating them is as much fun as it always was!
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In her writing , Laura draws upon her background in Classics, theology and biblical studies, as well as her long-standing interest in ancient history, folklore, mythology, and science.
Her books are meant to teach and to entertain, but most of all, to encourage children to wonder about the world and to ask really big questions.
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Helen H. Wu
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Christina Shawn
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I am a wisdom-seeker, a wonder-weaver, and a magic-believer. What thrills me the most is writing about it all.
I am an author, Reading Specialist, Literacy Coach, English teacher, and mom of 3.
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Andrew Katz
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Ana Siqueira
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Amanda Davis
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Laura Bontje
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Her first book, Was It a Cat I Saw? (illustrated by Emma Lidia Squillari), came out in 2024. Her second, When the Air Sang (illustrated by Sarah Whang), will be released by Annick Press in April 2025. In 2026, Groundwood Books will publish Marian's Marvelous Excavation (illustrated by Scot Ritchie), the story of a young geology enthusiast who's certain she's found a dinosaur fossil. Stay tuned for more to come!
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Kirsten Pendreigh
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Her books include: MAYBE A WHALE (a JLG Gold Standard and Horn Book Fanfare Book),
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Carolyn Bennett Fraiser
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Elayne Crain
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Alison McGauley
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As a person living with chronic illness, Alison is passionate about writing stories that speak to children and caregivers who are impacted by illness or disability. She also loves creating books that feature humor, SEL, and the natural world.
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Suhasini Gupta
I'm Suhasini Gupta, author of Kai Po Che: Mini's Perfect Kite. Flying kites is one of my fondest childhood memories during my summer visits to my grandparents.
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This story was inspired by the saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” After being stuck at home for over two years during the pandemic, my kids and I eagerly looked forward to the annual Indian Kite Festival. Unfortunately, we missed the event, and the disappointment felt a lot like the moment when your kite gets cut by someone else. That feeling of disappointment sparked the idea for Kai Po Che: Mini’s Perfect Kite.
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Tricia Torrible
Tricia Torrible enjoys writing books and poetry for children. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and 3 kids, or as she likes to call them, her “Adorable Torribles.” Tricia strongly believes that kids need laughter and attempts to fill this need, one pun at a time. When she’s not busy causing giggles or eyerolls, you might find her hiking, watching science documentaries, or searching for four-leaf clovers.
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Poetry holds a special place in Tricia’s heart, and you can find several of her poems in anthologies and magazines. She describes poetry as a dance between words. Each syllable has to take the right step, working with and balancing others, ultimately coming together to create a story or feeling. She is driven by this challenge and -
Laura Bontje
Laura Bontje (she/her) is a Canadian children's book author and a freelance fiction editor.
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Her first book, Was It a Cat I Saw? (illustrated by Emma Lidia Squillari), came out in 2024. Her second, When the Air Sang (illustrated by Sarah Whang), will be released by Annick Press in April 2025. In 2026, Groundwood Books will publish Marian's Marvelous Excavation (illustrated by Scot Ritchie), the story of a young geology enthusiast who's certain she's found a dinosaur fossil. Stay tuned for more to come!
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Katie Lee Reinert
Katie Lee Reinert is a picture book author who loves writing books about the magic of imagination that will inspire kids and make them laugh. She lives outside of Portland, Oregon with her family where she loves exploring new hiking trails in the summer and trying to stay dry in the winter.
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Kim A. Larson
Kim A. Larson enjoys all forms of writing: fiction, nonfiction, essay, poetry, children’s books, biblical studies, etc. Her content is consistently warm, authentic, family-friendly, with a lot of heart.
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In her Bible study “Unraveling Fairly Tales: Learning to Live Happily Ever After,” Kim shares insights from her spiritual journey with God. She’s convinced of God’s goodness and his ability “to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20, KJV).
Kim has taught Sunday school, vacation Bible school, and led Bible studies and a single mom’s ministry. It brings her joy to share God’s heart at Women’s retreats, MOPs meetings, Mother-daughter programs or other Women’s events. She is married to her best friend, Chuck, and -
Emma Pearl
I write fiction for all ages. My picture books MENDING THE MOON (2022) and SAVING THE SUN (2023), published by Page Street Kids and illustrated by Sara Ugolotti are out now.
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Evelyn Bookless
Evelyn grew up in the wild and windy west of Ireland. She spent her time playing in the trees with her siblings, making up games, and getting up to plenty of mischief.
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Evelyn has always loved to read. Her favorite part of the week was when the school bus stopped at the library on the way home. Everyone flocked in, as if they had never seen a book before in their lives, and dove for their favorites before it was too late!
And with only two TV channels at the time, and no internet, she played JINX... a lot! She was eventually released from a particularly long JINX, so that she could study English at university and later became a teacher.
Evelyn now lives in Spain and her favorite place to be is in the sea, dreaming up silly stuff.
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