Stamper
J.E. Stamper is the author of Ugly Me, a stunningly written fictional tale based on the real-life experiences of real students, and its sequel Perennial Girl. He is a public school educator and author who lives in Virginia with his amazing wife and their incredible children. He is plagued by senseless optimism, an overactive imagination, and […]
Leon
Jesse Leon, a multilingual force in the world of motivational speaking, is the award-winning author of “I’m Not Broken” and its Spanish edition, “No Estoy Roto”, both released by Penguin Random House. These memoirs illuminate his triumphant journey from the shadows of human trafficking to the revered halls of Harvard University, where he secured a […]
Ravella
Shilpa Ravella is a gastroenterologist and author. She treats a range of general gastrointestinal ailments and has unique experience in managing complex rare diseases, including intestinal failure and intestinal or multiple-organ transplantation. She is an expert in the field of nutrition and is particularly interested in the interactions between food, the microbiome and the immune […]
Maurer
Kevin Maurer is an award-winning journalist and three-time New York Times best-selling co-author of No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL and American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent. Maurer is the author of nine books, including The Gentlemen Bastards, which chronicled an unprecedented ten […]
Richardson
The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and USA Today bestselling author, Kim Michele Richardson has written five works of historical fiction, and a bestselling memoir. Her critically acclaimed novel, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a recommended read by Dolly Parton and has earned a 2020 PBS Readers Choice, 2019 LibraryReads Best Book, Indie Next, […]
Wilkinson
Crystal Wilkinson, a recent fellowship recipient of the Academy of American Poets, is the award-winning author of Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, a culinary memoir, Perfect Black, a collection of poems, and three works of fiction—The Birds of Opulence, Water Street and Blackberries, Blackberries. She is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding […]
Holbrook
Carolyn Holbrook is a writer, educator, and longtime advocate for the healing power of the arts. Her memoir in essays, Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify (U of M Press, 2020) won the 2021 Minnesota Book Award for memoir and nonfiction, and was an honoree for the 2021 Society of Midland Authors Literary […]
Wood
Monica Wood is a novelist, memoirist, and playwright. She is the 2024 winner of the Sara Josepha Hale award, honoring contributions to the literary arts in New England. Her most recent novel, How to Read a Book is a national bestseller about a chance encounter at a bookstore, exploring redemption, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing […]
King
King is the only author ever to win the Michael L. Printz Medal twice, having won it again in 2024 for The Collectors, a story anthology, making it the only anthology that has ever won the Printz. She has published many other highly-acclaimed novels including 2021’s SW/TCH, 2020 Michael L. Printz Award winner and LA […]
Sylvester
Natalia Sylvester is the Pura Belpré and Schneider Family honor winning author of the young adult novel Breathe and Count Back from Ten, and the award-winning author of the young adult novel Running, which was a 2020 Junior Library Guild Selection and a 2021 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List selection. She is also the […]