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  Jackie Morera

  Jackie Morera is a Cuban American author of books for young-at-heart readers. Born and raised in Miami, Jackie now lives with her family in Central Florida. She is a wife, mom, and wildlife lover who is never far from her animal familiar: currently, a floppy black Lab named Tanner. Outside of writing, Jackie enjoys talking to the bees, caterpillars, and butterflies that visit her pollinator garden, savoring pastelitos, and cozying up for a good nap. Jackie is an active member of Las Musas and a 2025 PB Rising Stars Mentor. Jackie is the author of TOGETHER WE REMEMBER, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación; ABUELO'S FLOWER SHOP, illustrated by Deise Lino; and more!

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  Christina Shawn

  
  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.
  
  My first book, Lucas Plays, is about the magic of the music that is inside us all.
  
  I have two traditionally published picture books releasing in 2025. There's Always Room for More (Maydani, Chronicle Books, March 2025)
  and
  No Love Potion (Miller-Gass, The Little Press, Sept 2025)
  
  Find out more about these books and updates on new publications at ChristinaShawn.com

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  Randi Sonenshine

  Randi Sonenshine is a middle-school literacy coach and writer. The Nest That Wren Built is her first picture book. She lives in northwest Georgia with her family.

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  Katherine Hocker

  I grew up in Juneau, Alaska, where I spent a lot of my childhood playing in the woods, fishing, exploring tidepools, catching bugs, and watching birds. I loved to draw and paint and learn about science—especially animals.
  
  I graduated from Harvard University in 1990 with a bachelor’s in biology, then studied science illustration at the University of California, Santa Cruz. After a few years of trying out different places to live, I came home to Southeast Alaska.
  
  Now I’m back where I was as a child: exploring the wild world, learning about plants, animals, rocks, tides, rivers, and mountains, and drawing, painting, writing, learning, and teaching about science and art. My hometown is a little community near Glacier Bay National Park. (You can l

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  Penny Parker Klostermann

  PENNY PARKER KLOSTERMANN is the author of Merry Christmas, Dear Mars, illustrated by Estrela Lourenço (Macmillan/Godwin Books), There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight and A Cooked-Up Fairy Tale, both illustrated by Ben Mantle (Random House Children’s Books), and coming May 6, 2025, Spider Lady: Nan Songer and Her Arachnid WWII Army, illustrated by Anne Lambelet (Astra/Calkins Creek).
  
  Penny feels lucky to have spent her childhood in the beautiful Crystal River Valley near Redstone, Colorado. She now lives in Abilene, Texas, The Storybook Capital of America, where inspiration is all around.
  
  Penny loves all kinds of books but especially loves very silly picture books that make her laugh, as well as inspiring nonfiction books that tweak

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  Jolene Gutiérrez

  Jolene Gutiérrez grew up on a farm in northeastern Colorado, surrounded by animals, plants, and history. Now, she lives with her family and a variety of animals in a suburb of Denver, Colorado. She is an award-winning neurodivergent teacher librarian and has been working with neurodivergent learners at Denver Academy since 1995. She’s a wife of 25+ years and mama to two young adults, three dogs, two cats, and an ever-rotating variety of other rescue animals. Jolene is an active member of SCBWI and The Authors Guild, part of the KidLitCollective and Picture Book Gold groups, and a co-creator of #KidlitZombieWeek. Jolene is represented by agent Kaitlyn Sanchez of Bradford Literary. She’s a contributor to If I Could Choose a Best Day: Poems of

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  Susan Quinn

  Susan Quinn was born in Manchester but has travelled the world by way of South Africa and Australia.
  As a child her favourite place was Dymocks Bookstore in Sydney which was where her passion for books started.
  After becoming a children’s librarian and returning to England, Susan had a number of plays and short stories published.
  However, her dream was always to be a children’s writer and her first children’s book, Little Bear and the Butterflies, was published by QED in 2014.
  Since then, she has had a further four titles published including the acclaimed My Dad.

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  Katie Venit

  Katie Venit has been writing since the fifth grade when she and her friends passed around a composition notebook in which they took turns making up. But she didn’t know she wanted to be a writer for kids (the best of all audiences, as it turns out) until her son asked her to write a book about the solar system.
  
  Katie has held quite a few jobs, from working at a barbeque catering company in Maryland to waiting tables at a beach in Delaware to teaching English in Japan. Now she lives in Wisconsin and works as an instructional designer helping college instructors put their courses online.
  
  As a professional writer, Katie writes picture books and middle grade graphic novels, including Forts and Cassini’s Mission. Her nonfiction essays have appeare

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  Tonya Duncan Ellis

  Tonya Duncan Ellis is author of THEY BUILT ME FOR FREEDOM (HarperCollins, Balzer + Bray, 2024) and the SOPHIE WASHINGTON children’s chapter series. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), the Authors Guild, and the Brown Bookshelf’s Highlights Foundation-sponsored Amplify Black Stories storyteller cohort. Tonya has spoken and taught at writing conferences at the Highlights Foundation and for SCBWI in New York City and for SCBWI Houston and Austin, TX chapters. A former journalist and freelance magazine writer, she lives in Houston, Texas.
  
  www.tonyaduncanellis.com
  Facebook: @tonyaellisbooks
  Instagram: @tonyaellisbooks

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  Elizabeth Everett

  Elizabeth spent 16 years as a classroom teacher before venturing into writing. She has taught elementary school, middle school, high school, and at the collegiate level where she worked with adults pursuing teacher certification.
  
  Inspired by her energetic youngster and his love for books, she took her background in education and meshed it with his childhood interests. The result was edu-tainment in the form of children's books!
  
  She currently lives in Colorado with her family where they love spending time outdoors.

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  Carrie Kruck

  Carrie Kruck was born and raised in Canada, studied and worked as a psychologist in Australia, and now lives in New England with her husband, two kids, and a delightful assortment of owls, foxes, and bears (oh my!). She loves swimming in lakes, snowshoeing in forests, and growing food in her garden, but you can mostly find her staring out the window with a cup of coffee (aka writing) or at www.CarrieKruck.com.

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  Lisa Tolin

  Lisa Tolin (she/her) is a longtime journalist and picture book author. Her debut picture book, How to Be a Rock Star, illustrated by Daniel Duncan, publishes in 2022.

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  Jessica Shaw

  Hi! I'm the author of picture books THE GREAT COOKIE KERFUFFLE (Mathical Honor Book '24) & ALICE ALONE (releasing March '25!) as well as NF books for children and young adults.
  **Pre-K teacher ** Picture book writer ** SCBWI member ** I'm all about #kids #kidlit #animals #plants #kindness
  Please visit me at: https://www.authorjessicashaw.com/
  for fun, free bonus content/printable activities created for The Great Cookie Kerfuffle!

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  Dano Moreno

  Dano Moreno started writing for kids when he became a father. When not writing, Dano enjoys time with his family and works as a public health advocate. He lives in Oregon with his husband and son and is represented by Charlotte Wenger.

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  Danielle Sharkan

  Danielle Sharkan is a for­mer teacher with a back­ground in his­to­ry, pol­i­tics, and lan­guages. She has degrees in Polit­i­cal Sci­ence and Jew­ish Stud­ies as well as Mid­dle East­ern Stud­ies and Sec­ondary Edu­ca­tion, and taught ESL for ten years. Hav­ing grown up in the Chica­go sub­urbs, she now lives with her fam­i­ly in Boul­der, Col­orado. You can find her on Twit­ter at @DaniraeShark.

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  Christopher Silas Neal

  Christopher Silas Neal is an award-winning author and illustrator of picture books including Over and Under the Snow with author Kate Messner, which was praised for its "stunning retro-style illustrations" (New York Times), was a 2011 New York Times Editor's Choice and an E.B. White Honoree in 2012. Neal's author debut titled "Everyone" was praised by Publisher's Weekly as "simple, honest, lyrical". He speaks about his books, the art making process, and his career at schools, conferences, libraries and book festivals across the country. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
  
  My monthly Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/f7266514c148/csn-n...
  

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  Kirsten Pendreigh

  Kirsten Pendreigh is a children’s author and poet from Vancouver.
  
  Her books include: MAYBE A WHALE (a JLG Gold Standard and Horn Book Fanfare Book),
  WHEN A TREE FALLS (a PW Starred Review), WHAT FISH ARE SAYING (a SLJ Starred Review) and LUNA'S GREEN PET (a Today Show best book pick).
  Kirsten’s poems are found in Canadian literary magazines and anthologies including Best Canadian Poetry 2021. Kirsten is a former CBC and NPR journalist.

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  Della Ross Ferreri

  Children's Book Author and Retired Teacher

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  Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

  Stephanie has done a few things in life. She has sold women shoes and frozen yogurt as well as smelly, expensive body lotion and smellier, even more expensive cheese. She has worked on a Jacques Pepin cooking show and been a cookbook editor. She has written about books, food, parenting, TV, vampire dating habits, cocktail trivia, and picky eating.
  
  She has lived in Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Ann Arbor, England, Boston, and San Francisco.
  
  She has attended a swank ball at University of Cambridge with Prince Charles (not that he was her date or anything just that he was also invited) and rebuilt trails with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.
  
  Now she writes children's books surrounded by a few kids, a few cats, and one husband. She lov

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  A.J. Irving

  A.J. Irving grew up in Boise, Idaho, writing stories and daydreaming about becoming an author. Now, she writes picture books and poetry beneath an old elm tree in Salt Lake City. A.J. is the author of Dance Like a Leaf, The Wishing Flower, and The Bi Book (Knopf BFYR, May 2025).
  
  As a children’s author and former bookmobile librarian, A.J. is passionate about inspiring kids to love books. When she’s not reading, writing, or dancing, she enjoys exploring Utah with her husband, two children, and their English bulldogs. Learn more at www.ajirving.com
  

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  Christine Alemshah

  Christine Alemshah (she/her) is a biracial Filipina-American children’s author and classically trained vocalist; she is the author of Bea’s Balikbayan Box of Treasures. Christine writes children’s picture books championing innovation and celebrating multiculturalism, often with musical or percussive vibes. She hopes readers will see themselves in the stories she writes. Christine studied psychology and music, earning a bachelor of arts degree from Whittier College. When not writing, Christine enjoys singing karaoke and reading with her husband and two daughters under cozy blankets at their Lake Forest, California, home. Find out more about Christine at christinealemshah.com.

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  Christina Shawn

  
  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.
  
  My first book, Lucas Plays, is about the magic of the music that is inside us all.
  
  I have two traditionally published picture books releasing in 2025. There's Always Room for More (Maydani, Chronicle Books, March 2025)
  and
  No Love Potion (Miller-Gass, The Little Press, Sept 2025)
  
  Find out more about these books and updates on new publications at ChristinaShawn.com

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  Nathan Christopher

  Nathan Christopher is a former child and aspiring adult who enjoys spreadsheets and—perhaps more useful to his writing aspirations—making people laugh. He pens his stories (and his letters to Santa) in Windsor, Canada, where he lives with his wife and children—who ensure endless material and a conveniently sleepless schedule for writing.

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  Carrie Kruck

  Carrie Kruck was born and raised in Canada, studied and worked as a psychologist in Australia, and now lives in New England with her husband, two kids, and a delightful assortment of owls, foxes, and bears (oh my!). She loves swimming in lakes, snowshoeing in forests, and growing food in her garden, but you can mostly find her staring out the window with a cup of coffee (aka writing) or at www.CarrieKruck.com.

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  Kirsten Pendreigh

  Kirsten Pendreigh is a children’s author and poet from Vancouver.
  
  Her books include: MAYBE A WHALE (a JLG Gold Standard and Horn Book Fanfare Book),
  WHEN A TREE FALLS (a PW Starred Review), WHAT FISH ARE SAYING (a SLJ Starred Review) and LUNA'S GREEN PET (a Today Show best book pick).
  Kirsten’s poems are found in Canadian literary magazines and anthologies including Best Canadian Poetry 2021. Kirsten is a former CBC and NPR journalist.

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  Jessica Shaw

  Hi! I'm the author of picture books THE GREAT COOKIE KERFUFFLE (Mathical Honor Book '24) & ALICE ALONE (releasing March '25!) as well as NF books for children and young adults.
  **Pre-K teacher ** Picture book writer ** SCBWI member ** I'm all about #kids #kidlit #animals #plants #kindness
  Please visit me at: https://www.authorjessicashaw.com/
  for fun, free bonus content/printable activities created for The Great Cookie Kerfuffle!

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  Gabriela Orozco Belt

  Gabriela Orozco Belt is a children’s book author who lives in a small town in the Mojave Desert. Inspired by her experiences of growing up bilingual and bicultural, she writes stories for children so they can see themselves in books. Gaby’s debut picture book, Only for a Little While, serves to soften and process the feeling of being uprooted and see change as a temporary difficulty that families can get through with mutual support. When not teaching, writing, or reading, she can be found spending time with her husband, three children, and extended family.

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  Jackie Morera

  Jackie Morera is a Cuban American author of books for young-at-heart readers. Born and raised in Miami, Jackie now lives with her family in Central Florida. She is a wife, mom, and wildlife lover who is never far from her animal familiar: currently, a floppy black Lab named Tanner. Outside of writing, Jackie enjoys talking to the bees, caterpillars, and butterflies that visit her pollinator garden, savoring pastelitos, and cozying up for a good nap. Jackie is an active member of Las Musas and a 2025 PB Rising Stars Mentor. Jackie is the author of TOGETHER WE REMEMBER, illustrated by Violeta Encarnación; ABUELO'S FLOWER SHOP, illustrated by Deise Lino; and more!

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  Danielle Sharkan

  Danielle Sharkan is a for­mer teacher with a back­ground in his­to­ry, pol­i­tics, and lan­guages. She has degrees in Polit­i­cal Sci­ence and Jew­ish Stud­ies as well as Mid­dle East­ern Stud­ies and Sec­ondary Edu­ca­tion, and taught ESL for ten years. Hav­ing grown up in the Chica­go sub­urbs, she now lives with her fam­i­ly in Boul­der, Col­orado. You can find her on Twit­ter at @DaniraeShark.

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  Katie Venit

  Katie Venit has been writing since the fifth grade when she and her friends passed around a composition notebook in which they took turns making up. But she didn’t know she wanted to be a writer for kids (the best of all audiences, as it turns out) until her son asked her to write a book about the solar system.
  
  Katie has held quite a few jobs, from working at a barbeque catering company in Maryland to waiting tables at a beach in Delaware to teaching English in Japan. Now she lives in Wisconsin and works as an instructional designer helping college instructors put their courses online.
  
  As a professional writer, Katie writes picture books and middle grade graphic novels, including Forts and Cassini’s Mission. Her nonfiction essays have appeare

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  Dee Romito

  Dee Romito is an author of fiction and nonfiction books for young readers from picture books to middle grade. Her middle grade books include The BFF Bucket List, No Place Like Home, Postcards from Venice, and co-authored Best.Night.Ever (Aladdin/S&S).
  
  Her nonfiction picture books, Pies From Nowhere and The Last Plastic Straw, have received starred reviews, a Crystal Kite Award, and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Her early chapter book series is titled Fort Builders, Inc. (Aladdin/S&S).
  
  Dee blogs about writing at WriteforApples.com and is a Co-Founder of Buffalo-Niagara Children’s Writers and Illustrators. While she does her best to be a grown-up most of the time, giggling with her BFFs is still one of her all-time favorite

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  Rebecca Evans

  Rebecca Evans is an illustrator and author living in Maryland. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Art from Messiah College with a concentration in Drawing and Illustration in 2000, and also completed coursework from the Tyler School of Art. She worked for nine years as an artist and designer before returning to her first love: children’s book illustration and writing. Her experience includes illustrating and authoring children’s books, teaching art at the local Art Center, and publishing artwork with magazines and multiple publishing houses. She regularly speaks at elementary schools and shares her love of literature and art with children. She is also a member of the SCBWI. She lives in Maryland and enjoys spending time with h

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  Alison McGauley

  Alison McGauley is a special education teacher, author, and mom. She aims to create books with big heart for little readers.
  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.
  When she’s not teaching, reading, or writing, Alison adventures in local forests and trails with her family. She resides in Ontario, Canada, with her partner, two daughters, and Ragdoll cat.
  
  

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  Sandra Nickel

  Sandra Nickel is an award-winning author of picture books. She holds a Master of Fine Arts and has presented workshops on writing for children and young adults throughout Europe and the United States. She is honored to be the winner of a Christopher Award, the winner of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Crystal Kite Award, a finalist for the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction for Younger Readers, a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection honoree, and a Charlotte Huck Award Recommended author.

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  Janice N. Harrington

  Harrington’s writing reflects her beginnings in rural Alabama and her life in the Midwest. A former librarian and professional storyteller, Harrington now teaches creative writing in the Department of English at the University of Illinois.
  
  -from janiceharrington.com

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  A.J. Irving

  A.J. Irving grew up in Boise, Idaho, writing stories and daydreaming about becoming an author. Now, she writes picture books and poetry beneath an old elm tree in Salt Lake City. A.J. is the author of Dance Like a Leaf, The Wishing Flower, and The Bi Book (Knopf BFYR, May 2025).
  
  As a children’s author and former bookmobile librarian, A.J. is passionate about inspiring kids to love books. When she’s not reading, writing, or dancing, she enjoys exploring Utah with her husband, two children, and their English bulldogs. Learn more at www.ajirving.com
  

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  Gabriela Orozco Belt

  Gabriela Orozco Belt is a children’s book author who lives in a small town in the Mojave Desert. Inspired by her experiences of growing up bilingual and bicultural, she writes stories for children so they can see themselves in books. Gaby’s debut picture book, Only for a Little While, serves to soften and process the feeling of being uprooted and see change as a temporary difficulty that families can get through with mutual support. When not teaching, writing, or reading, she can be found spending time with her husband, three children, and extended family.

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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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  Sharon Mentyka

  I’m a children's writer, teacher and designer and my love is writing for middle-grade children. My books include:
  • CHASING AT THE SURFACE, middle grade novel that won the 2016 National Outdoor Book Award in the Children's category
  • THINK SMART, BE FEARLESS: A BIOGRAPHY OF BILL GATES
  • THE HEART OF THE STORM: A BIOGRAPHY OF SUE BIRD
  • B IN THE WORLD, chapter book selected by Seattle Schools for inclusion in their K-5 Gender Kit.
  
  My stories grow from small kernels of truth that explore common themes: fairness (or unfairness), transitions and helping the less powerful find their voice.
  
  I invite you to visit my website at SharonMentyka.com for more information and follow my blog where I offer book reviews, interviews with other authors, and gener

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