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Danette Byatt

Danette Byatt lives in Southwestern Ontario, Canada where she creates all sorts of fun projects when she’s not out hiking, swimming and exploring — or burning up the dance floor (aka her living room).

Danette’s favourite stories to tell contain uplifting messages of love and magic. She also adds delightful small details, humour and whimsy to everything she does.

Her author-illustrated sci-fi picture book WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE (WorthyKids) published March 2023. It has a message of having hope for a bright future.

She also illustrated ROCK AND ROLL WOODS (Spork, written by Sherry Howard) under the pen name Anika A Wolf and won the Page Street Kids Prize in 2019 for her dummy SHOOT! A LOVE STORY.

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Angela De Groot

Angela De Groot was born in England, grew up in South Africa, and now lives in New Jersey with her husband and sons. When she’s not writing picture books and poems, you’ll find her in the garden, digging in the dirt and talking to the birds. A lifelong lover of reading, Angela teaches ESL and basic literacy at her local library. You can learn more about her at www.angeladegroot.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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J.W. Patterson

I grew up in Modesto, California. I was a teacher for most of my working life.

I love reading history, historical fiction, biographies, westerns and have been getting into humorous mysteries such as Janet Evanovich or Ann Charles write.

I live in the mountains of Northern California but am pretty much done with snow. My girlfriend and I go to Mexico for at least 3 months every winter.

I'm also a musician and love playing blues, bluegrass and Americana. I play golf and am still hanging onto a 9 handicap.

I love sports and played softball most of my life and played on the world champion 50-55 year old team in 2001.

Writing is something that I've found I really enjoy and published my first book on Kindle in August 2013. It's a children's book fo

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Tiffany Nicole Smith

Tiffany Nicole Smith is an educator who enjoys writing young adult and middle grade fiction. Many great books are on the way so stay posted!

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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.

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.

“Kai po che” is a phrase in Gujarati, an Indian language, that translates to “I have cut your kite.” This story is about overcoming setbacks and the importan

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Elayne Crain

Elayne Crain is a proud writer of childish (and often laughable) things. She loves walks in the woods with her sons and partner, lively karaoke, and wildlife—especially the stacked-in-a-trench-coat sort.

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Megan Woodward

As a child, Megan Woodward lived and traveled all over the world, but always felt at home with her head in a book. She’s a comedy screenwriter and a freelance writer and editor, but her true love is writing for kids. She loves all things food and humor related, which is why she can often be found laughing with her mouth full. She cannot whistle, but she CAN make a sound like a baby dinosaur (or so she believes). She lives with her son and two cats in Portland, Oregon, where it rains all the time, but never on her parade.

Her debut picture book THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY NOT CURSED (Simon and Schuster) will be released June 25, 2024.

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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.

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

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Marzieh Abbas

Marzieh Abbas
Author bio: Marzieh is an award-winning author. Raised between the bustling cities of Dubai, U.A.E and Karachi, Pakistan, Marzieh loves traveling, reading and samosas. She is a member of SCBWI, 12x12, and a graduate of the Lyrical Language Lab, Children's Book Academy, and Storyteller Academy. She loves teaching fellow creatives and has conducted several classes online for writers. She is active on Twitter, Blue sky, and Threads where she continues to form connections with the Writing Community, runs a kidlit review group on Facebook and blogs about her author journey and life in Pakistan on Instagram. Marzieh dreams of owning a talking parrot someday. But, until then, she lives in Pakistan with her husband and children who in

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Angela Burke Kunkel

Angela Burke Kunkel is the author of Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built (Random House/Schwartz & Wade, 2020), an ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book and winner of both the Américas Award and International Latino Book Award. She is also the author of Penguin Journey (Abrams Appleseed, 2022). Look for her next books from Random House Studio, Make Way: The Story Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings in 2023 and World More Beautiful: The Life and Art of Barbara Cooney in 2024.

Angela lives with her family in Vermont, where she works as a school librarian. She is represented by Liza Fleissig at the Liza Royce Agency. You can also connect on Instagram @angkunkel.

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Sophia Gholz

Sophia Gholz is an award-winning children's book author, magic seeker and avid reader. Sophia enjoys writing fiction with humor and heart. When writing nonfiction, she pulls on her love of science and her family background in ecology. When she’s not writing, you can find Sophia reading a book, visiting schools or exploring the great outdoors with her family.

Sophia’s books have received many accolades, including: NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book, Florida State Book Award Gold Medal, South Carolina Book Award Shortlist, Kentucky Bluegrass Book Award Shortlist, Nile Delta Book Award, Eureka! Nonfiction Honor and the Green Earth Book Honor. For more about Sophia and her books, visit her online at:

Website: www.SophiaGholz.com
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Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens cofounded the Grammy Award–winning Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Black female supergroup Our Native Daughters. She is the recipient of a 2022 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for her collaboration with Francesco Turrisi on They’re Calling Me Home, and she has been nominated for additional Grammys as a soloist and collaborator. A musician, singer, songwriter, actor, librettist, and MacArthur Fellow, her many roles and honors include serving as artistic director at Silkroad and performing for the Obamas at the White House. Rhiannon Giddens lives in Ireland.

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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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Breanna J. McDaniel

Top Eight Things to Know About Me:

1) I’m from Atlanta, GA. To be more specific I grew up in College Park and East Point, GA surrounded by my siblings and cousins. While I will always love how vibrant my home community is, it’s changing quite a bit. I just hope some things never change, especially the menu at Big Daddy’s on Old National! Yum!

2) I write children’s books, my favorite genre is picture books and my first picture book,Hands Up!will be published in 2019 by Dial Books for Young Readers.

3) Growing up I dreamed of being a combo archaeologist/lawyer. I would make huge historical finds and then use my law degree to protect the artifacts that I found. My friends who are attorneys now tell me that’s not exactly how it works¯_(ツ)_/¯ Soooo

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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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Stephanie Seales

Stephanie Seales is the California-born daughter of Panamanian immigrants. She's also a storyteller, dreamer, doer, and children’s book expert who’s worked in nearly every aspect of the industry. She understands the power of story and follows Toni Morrison’s advice, writing the books she wants to read. She dreams and creates with her magical canine companion, Pan, near the water in the Hudson Valley, NY.

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Glenda Armand

Glenda Armand was born in New Orleans and grew up in Los Angeles where she attended public schools. She received degrees from Pomona College, Cal State University Dominguez Hills and Azusa Pacific University.

Glenda taught for many years in public and private schools. As an elementary school teacher, she taught pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. In middle school, she was a teacher of English and history. The highlight of her teaching career came in the historic year of 2008. That year, she and fellow teacher, Diane Tregarthen, took a class of 23 eighth graders on a five-day field trip from Los Angeles to the nation’s capital.

Glenda is the author of picture books and chapter books. She writes contemporary fiction, historical fiction and bi

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Kyle Lukoff

Kyle Lukoff writes books for kids and other people.

Before becoming a full-time writer, Kyle worked at five bookstores, in four libraries, for three schools, as two genders, through one intersection: people, and books.

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Kelly Crull

Kelly Crull is the author of a parenting book, Becoming Dad , a children's book, Clara Has a Baby Brother, and a parenting blog, spaindad.com, which was one of Google's top-ranked "baby blogs," syndicated by a number of online dad networks and featured as a link at Glamour.com. He has been featured as a new voice in parenting in various La Leche League newsletters, The Father Life magazine, AttachmentParenting.com and DIYFather.com. His parenting videos have appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Slate.com, Marca.com and have received YouTube's "Top 50 Videos of the Week" award. Kelly is originally from Iowa. He lives with his wife and two children in Madrid, Spain.

Download a significant chunk of Kelly's most recent book, Beco

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Renée Watson

Renée Watson is the author of the children’s picture book, A Place Where Hurricanes Happen (Random House, June 2010), which was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Her middle grade novel, What Momma Left Me debuted as the New Voice for 2010 in middle grade fiction by The Independent Children's Booksellers Association.

Renée’s one woman show, Roses are Red, Women are Blue, debuted at New York City's Lincoln Center at a showcase for emerging artists. Her poetry and articles have been published in Rethinking Schools, Theatre of the Mind and With Hearts Ablaze.

When Renée is not writing and performing, she is teaching. Renée has worked in public schools and community organizations as an artist in residence for several years, teachin

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Floyd Cooper

Floyd Cooper was an American children's book illustrator and author who focused on Black history. He received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in Joyce Carol Thomas' The Blacker the Berry. He also received several Coretta Scott King Honors for his illustrations.

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Lee M. Winter

When I’m not writing books, I work at my day job as a psychologist in the area of parenting and child behavior research. I have some boring scientific publications out under a pen name but find writing for children a lot more fun!

I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia with my husband and two sons.

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Nelson George

Nelson George is an author, filmmaker, television producer, and critic with a long career in analyzing and presenting the diverse elements of African-American culture.

Queen Latifah won the Golden Globe for playing the lead in his directorial debut, the HBO movie 'Life Support'. The critically acclaimed drama looked at the effects of HIV on a troubled black family in his native Brooklyn, New York. He recently co-edited, with Alan Leeds, 'The James Brown Reader (Plume)', a collection of previously published articles about the Godfather of Soul that date as far back the late '50s. Plume published the book in May '08.

He is an executive producer on two returning cable shows: the third season of BET's American Gangster and the fifth airing of VH1

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Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens cofounded the Grammy Award–winning Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Black female supergroup Our Native Daughters. She is the recipient of a 2022 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for her collaboration with Francesco Turrisi on They’re Calling Me Home, and she has been nominated for additional Grammys as a soloist and collaborator. A musician, singer, songwriter, actor, librettist, and MacArthur Fellow, her many roles and honors include serving as artistic director at Silkroad and performing for the Obamas at the White House. Rhiannon Giddens lives in Ireland.

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Kelsey E. Gross

Kelsey E. Gross grew up in Wisconsin and lived in New Mexico and California before returning to the Midwest. She now lives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with her partner, son, and silly, snow-loving pup. When she's not writing, she looks for owls and other forest friends while hiking and skiing in the woods. Kelsey strives to write books that inspire kids – and grown-ups – to take care of one another and the natural world. Find her online at kelseyegross.com

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Traci Huahn

Traci Huahn writes books for kids and especially loves stories rooted in Asian American culture, history, and identity. Mamie Tape Fights to go to School is her debut picture book. As a former attorney and the daughter of Chinese immigrants, she feels a deep connection to Mamie’s story and hopes it will inspire readers to become changemakers, even if it starts by taking just one small step. Traci lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two kids, and a pup who loves belly rubs and Brussels sprouts.

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Megan Woodward

As a child, Megan Woodward lived and traveled all over the world, but always felt at home with her head in a book. She’s a comedy screenwriter and a freelance writer and editor, but her true love is writing for kids. She loves all things food and humor related, which is why she can often be found laughing with her mouth full. She cannot whistle, but she CAN make a sound like a baby dinosaur (or so she believes). She lives with her son and two cats in Portland, Oregon, where it rains all the time, but never on her parade.

Her debut picture book THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY NOT CURSED (Simon and Schuster) will be released June 25, 2024.

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Jacob M. Ronsen

Jacob M. Ronsen is the author of the fast-paced and easy-to-read Me, Milli, series.

Being an author, he of course loves to write stories.

When he’s not writing, he likes to spend time with his family. Doing ordinary things like going for long walks in nature, juggling, boxing, putting too much chili in pretty much every family dinner, and swing dancing (even though he probably really shouldn’t).

Jacob lives in a house with black roof tiles with his wife, their two children, and two goldfish who are rapidly outgrowing their tank. And his love for coffee couldn’t even escape his profile picture.

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Paul Moxham

Paul Moxham hails from Melbourne, Australia. He's best known for his children's mystery series which follows Joe, Amy, Sarah, and Will as they have adventures in 1950's Britain.

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Kristen Otte

Kristen Otte is an author who calls Cincinnati, Ohio, her home. Her mission is to bring joy and laughter to people young and old with stories. She writes books for children, teens, and adults. In her free time, she can be found running, reading, coaching basketball, playing board games with her husband, or walking her crazy dogs, Zelda the Pug and Peach the Boston Terrier.

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Jon Haney

Be sure to also follow Jon on Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/jon-h....

Jon Haney is a children’s book author and fiction writer. You can find him telling stories to his four kids at bedtime, camping on the balcony, or playing chess in the park.

Jon grew up in Northeast Georgia close to the Appalachian Mountains. As a kid, he loved reading. Book series such as The Boxcar Children, The Hardy Boys, and Redwall captivated him at an early age, and now Jon reads these same books to his children. His favorite book of all time is Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce.

For several years, Jon also worked as a middle school teacher, where he shared his love of reading and writing with students. Together, he and his classes devoured new

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Gita V. Reddy

Gita V. Reddy writes fiction for both adults and children. Her books for children are written when she takes a break from writing for adults, and vice versa.

She enjoys thinking up tales of different genres and has written historical fiction, women's fiction, and recently has made a foray into regency romance.

For a genre-wise list of her works, please go to https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

For children, Gita V. Reddy has written mysteries, adventure tales, fantasy, science fiction, and also a fable. Her published works include novels, short chapter books, short stories, and picture books for different age groups. Two of her short chapter books, Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl are used as supplementary readers in some sc

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Glenda Armand

Glenda Armand was born in New Orleans and grew up in Los Angeles where she attended public schools. She received degrees from Pomona College, Cal State University Dominguez Hills and Azusa Pacific University.

Glenda taught for many years in public and private schools. As an elementary school teacher, she taught pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. In middle school, she was a teacher of English and history. The highlight of her teaching career came in the historic year of 2008. That year, she and fellow teacher, Diane Tregarthen, took a class of 23 eighth graders on a five-day field trip from Los Angeles to the nation’s capital.

Glenda is the author of picture books and chapter books. She writes contemporary fiction, historical fiction and bi

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Zainab Khan

Zainab is a member of SCBWI, Inked Voices, and is a critique ninja for 12x12. As a Muslim woman of Pakistani heritage who has lived in different parts of the world, she writes diverse stories that promote empathy, kindness and unity between children of all faiths and cultures.

NOURA’S CRESCENT MOON will be published by Candlewick in 2024. Zainab is donating part of her proceeds to GIVELIGHT. ORG. This organization cares for and educates orphans in ten different countries.

Currently, Zainab lives in Manhasset with her husband, two kids and cat.

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Carmen Allen

Inspired by a multitude of mystery stories, the young teenage Carmen Allen had a dream of her own - to become a fiction writer for children. Her first attempt at writing, which by the way, included a riveting plot involving a missing banana and stolen diamond, was penned secretly in science class when she should have been listening to her teacher.

Fast forward many years and we see Carmen’s dream come true with the debut of her children’s book, ‘Molly’s Big Decision’. Carmen writes about children of character in a world of wonder.

Downtime for Carmen usually involves reading an action novel that champions a hero performing remarkably brave feats. Carmen also loves to bake, design or chat with a friend over a good cup of coffee. She lives on

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Jamie Campbell

Jamie was born into a big, crazy family of 6 children. Being the youngest, she always got away with anything and would never shut up. Constantly letting her imagination run wild, her teachers were often frustrated when her ‘What I did on the weekend’ stories contained bunyips and princesses.

Growing up, Jamie did the sensible things and obtained a Bachelor of Business degree from Southern Cross University and worked hard to gain her membership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Yet nothing compared to writing. Quitting the rat race to spend quality time with her laptop named Lily, Jamie has written several novels and screenplays. Spanning a number of genres and mediums, Jamie writes whatever inspires her from ghost st

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Kelsey E. Gross

Kelsey E. Gross grew up in Wisconsin and lived in New Mexico and California before returning to the Midwest. She now lives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula with her partner, son, and silly, snow-loving pup. When she's not writing, she looks for owls and other forest friends while hiking and skiing in the woods. Kelsey strives to write books that inspire kids – and grown-ups – to take care of one another and the natural world. Find her online at kelseyegross.com

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Thushanthi Ponweera

Thushanthi Ponweera is an author and poet from Sri Lanka. Before daring to follow her dream of being published, she was a marketing specialist and entrepreneur. Her writing reflects the frustration she feels at the inequality and injustice she sees around her and the deep love she has for her island home. Her debut middle-grade novel in verse I Am Kavi was published in 2023 and her debut picture book My Best Friend's Bangles will be out June 2024. Thushanthi also has another picture book Crossing The Finish Line, scheduled for publication in 2025.

After having lived all her life in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thushanthi recently moved to Doha, Qatar where she lives with her husband and two children.

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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.

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

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Matt T. Berry

Matt T. Berry is a children's author based in Melbourne, Australia and creator of The Mis-Adventures of Alex series.

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Candace Spizzirri

Candace Spizzirri grew up in a small town in New Jersey with tree-lined streets and old Victorian houses. As a child, she spent hours playing at the park, catching minnows in a nearby stream, and exploring the woods at the end of her street.

Passionate about education, Candace is a co-founder of an elementary school and high school in Southern California. She now splits her time between SoCal and Pennsylvania. Candace loves spending time with her husband, grown children, daughter-in-law, and five grandkids.

Candace's debut picture book, FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE, illustrated by Beverly Love Warren published with Clear Fork Publishing/Spork on April 19, 2022. Her second book, FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE, illustrated by Chantelle & Burg

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David Anthony

David Anthony here, co-author of three children's book series--Mystery Underground, Heroes A2Z, and Knightscares.

Mystery Underground:
Read a scare ... if you dare. Thirteen terrifying tales in every book, like Twilight Zone meets Goosebumps.

Heroes A2Z:
Illustrated chapter books about three superhero kids who fight crime before bedtime. Drawings on every page.

Knightscares:
Monsters. Magic. Mystery.
Don't be afraid. Be terrified.

Real heroes read!"

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Jenny Bravo

JENNY BRAVO spent her childhood in Disney princess nightgowns and climbing trees barefooted. These days, she usually wears shoes. As a part-time writer, she drinks too much coffee and writes feverishly in the fringe hours. Otherwise, she blogs at jennybravobooks.com and plays on Twitter. While she calls New Orleans home, she also considers herself a resident of Narnia, Hogwarts and Neverland.

Twitter: @jennybravobooks
Instagram: @jennybravobooks
Facebook: @jennybravobooks

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Jennifer Cano

As a kid, Jen lived coast to coast across the United States (in California, Oklahoma, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Utah) and also spent a year in Japan. For an introverted kid, all the moves meant difficulties making friends at school until Junior High. The natural gift of those years was elaborate day dreaming.

Jen has a snooty degree in English Literature and considers Agatha Christie the Queen of all things good in mystery. Her other favorite genres to read are fantasy and science fiction--anything that pushes reality aside and introduces her to worlds that only live in the imagination of another.

She lives in Utah with her husband and three children. She absolutely abhors making crafts, except once a year at Christmas time, when she takes

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Sally Gould

Sally loved books from a young age, but never considered writing them. While she was busy getting up to the mischief that teenagers get up to, she forgot about books all together. Then total insanity took hold and she became a corporate lawyer. Fortunately, she had two sons and they inspired her to write stories for children. Of course, her oldest son is responsible, logical, studious, considerate, grateful and even makes his bed. The youngest one is only interested in having fun – lots of it. And, except for his teachers, he makes everyone laugh. Their antics have inspired many of Sally’s stories. Sally lives in Melbourne, Australia with her family and two dogs – Pebbles, who is sensible, and Jade, who just wants to have fun.

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Mark Gunning

Mark Gunning is a middle-grade author hailing from the Great White North. He was the recipient of the 2018 ETFO Children's Writers Award for his first book. His unique style of storying telling is fun and entertaining. Though his characters do get into trouble every now and then, his characters do show determination and resourcefulness. Mark is just like them and has survived many ordeals, from bicycle crashes, to bee stings, to sleepovers, and other things that we can't mention. His new series I TOLD YOU SO! is a refreshing look at the lives of two friends growing up and causing havoc.
Mark lives in Niagara Falls, Ontario with his three amazing children, his beautiful wife, and his two dogs Chewie and Ozzie.

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Karen Cossey

As a child, I could usually be found with a book in my hands and a story streaming through my mind. I'd tell you I loved 'Famous Five' and 'Trixie Belden' but that would show my age.

Anyway, after my pet dinosaur, oops I mean dog, showed no interest in moving from the country to the city with me, I ventured forth into the big wide university world by myself, where I had many adventures and quite a few cups of hot chocolate (sorry to confess I don't drink coffee. Please don't hold it against me. I have other vices. You should see how many empty milk bottles I put back in the fridge).

Eventually I found someone to love and cherish who was a real person (sorry Darcy), and we did some roaming of the world after we were married, and also a bit mor

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Susie Dinneen

Before Susie Dinneen became a writer, she was a reader, and before that she was a dreamer. Now she’s all of those things. She catches stories that flit and float through the air, which is what she’s really doing when it looks like she’s daydreaming (although sometimes she’s just daydreaming).

She writes fast-paced adventures for young readers, about friendship, finding the truth, and treasure!

Her picture book, Nombulelo and the Moth, for 4 to 8 year olds, is about love and being brave, even when there are leopards in the forest.

She lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, with her husband, who’s a musician, and their cat, who pushes books off tables. One day she’ll have a library with a very comfy chair in it.

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J.Y. Harris

The Timekeepers series is for middle-grade/young teens (ages 11 and up).

Under pen-names Jean Louise this author has written some women's contemporary books, Nobody's Perfect and Fool Me Once. Also, two series of novellas: It Takes a Thief, with two stories, and Boys in Blue, with three.

E-mail address is jyharrisbooks@gmail.com, and J. Y. Harris also has a page on Facebook.

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Hamilton C. Burger

Always a reader, I inhaled books during my days of extensive world travel. Before the Nook and Kindle, even before laptops became the norm, I would pack six or eight paperbacks for an extended trip.

I think the desire to write has always been in me. The first step is the hardest part of the journey. Since I took that step, I haven't looked back.

In my journey, I have met many authors whose support and friendship have taken some of the twists and turns out of the road.

I have been married 33 years. My wife and I have two beautiful daughters, Katie and Maddie.

Besides writing, I love to cook, travel, drive my Corvette. I have a dog and two cats...and a rat named Arlo.

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Melody J. Bremen

Melody J. Bremen writes books for middle grade readers. She lives on a distant planet where all they do is write and read books. (Sometimes they eat jelly beans.) She has a faithful computer named Oswald.
Sign up for Melody's newsletter and receive 2 free ebooks!

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Ben Gartner

Ben Gartner is the award-winning author of adventure books for middle graders. His stories take readers for a thrilling ride, maybe even teaching them something on the journey. Ben can be found living and writing near the mountains with his wife and two boys. More info at BenGartner.com.

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Tonya Duncan Ellis

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