Duncan Tonatiuh
I was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. I received my BFA from Parsons School of Design and my BA from Eugene Lang College, both of them divisions of the New School University in New York City.
My first picture book "Dear Primo, a letter to my cousin" is published by H N Abrams and will be in stores March 1st, 2010.
My illustrations of the AH1N1 in Mexico were selected to be a part of CONACULTA's catalog of Mexican illustrators for children and young adults. They also appeared in the BBC when the pandemic broke out.
My short graphic novel Journey of a Mixteco was awarded the prize for the best thesis in the Integrated Design Curriculum department at Parsons. It appeared serially in the webcomix site topshelfcomi
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Mike has produced over 220 published books and is known as “America’s Riddle King.” He has also been called “The Court Jester of Children’s Literature.”
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Keila V. Dawson worked as a community organizer, educator, and advocate for children with disabilities before becoming a children’s book author. A two-time Ohioana finalist, Dawson writes fiction and nonfiction picture books. Her 2024 Green Earth Book Award winning title, NO WORLD TOO BIG: YOUNG PEOPLE FIGHTING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE is a companion title to the Special Interest Group International Reading Association Book Award-winning title, NO VOICE TOO SMALL: FOURTEEN YOUNG AMERICANS MAKING HISTORY and the forthcoming NO BRAIN THE SAME: YOUNG NEURODIVERGENT ACTIVISTS SHAPING OUR FUTURE. (2026) She is the author of OPENING THE ROAD: VICTOR HUGO GREEN AND HIS GREEN BOOK, THE KING CAKE BABY, and YUMBO GUMBO which also includes a Spanish edit -
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considerado hors-concours pela Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil, que já lhe concedeu premiado pela Academia Brasileira de Letras e pela União Brasileira dos Escritores — nesta instituição, pelo conjunto de sua obra. Participou de diversas feiras internacionais de livros. Seu livro "Meninos do mangue" recebeu em 2002 o prêmio internacional na categoria melhor livro infantil da Fondation Espace Enfants, na Suíça. Três de seus livros — "A flor do lado de lá", "Todo cuidado é pouco!" e "Meninos do mangue" — constaram da “lista de livros que toda criança deve ler antes de virar adulto”, publicada pela Folha de S. Paulo em 2007. -
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Peter Mercurio
Peter Mercurio is a dad, husband, and author. He enjoys hiking and exploring the National Parks, cycling, kayaking, and tossing a disc, baseball, or football with his son. Peter has played on the same softball team for over 25 years. He lives in New York City with his husband Danny.
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Calvin Alexander Ramsey
Calvin Alexander Ramsey is a playwright, photographer, and painter. He adapted one of his plays for print as Ruth and the Green Book, illustrated by Floyd Cooper. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Nancy Roe Pimm
Nancy Roe Pimm had volunteered as a docent for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in the 1980s. After taking an animal handling class, the zoo entrusted her with a vanful of critters to take to local school assemblies. Her favorite passengers were Minnie and Max, the opossums. Another docent duty was to lead zoo tours. While giving the tours, Nancy discovered her fascination with gorillas, especially Colo and her family. In 2007, Nancys book, The Heart of the BeastEight Great Gorilla Stories was published, and in 2011, Colos StoryThe Life of One Grand Gorilla.
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Nancy now resides in Plain City, Ohio, along with her husband, Ed, who has retired from a career in racecar driving. Nancy has drawn from her experi -
Romana Romanyshyn
Illustrator, author of children’s books, co-founder (with Andriy Lesiv) of Art Studio Agrafka.
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Education:
– Lviv College of decorative and Applied Art n.a. Ivan Trush – 2003;
– Lviv National Art Academy, Ukraine – 2009;
– Scholarship Program “GAUDE POLONIA”, Krakow, Poland – 2010;
– Scholarship Program “GAUDE POLONIA”, Warsaw, Poland – 2012.
Lives and works in Lviv, Ukraine.