Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Slater
Dashka
New York Times bestselling author Dashka Slater has been telling stories since she could talk. An award-w…
Slocumb
Brendan
Brendan Nicholaus Slocumb was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is a graduate of the University …
Smith
Amber
Amber Smith is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of young adult and middle grade novel…
Smith
Sherri L.
Sherri L. Sherri L. Smith is the author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction books for young people in…
Soentpiet
Chris
Chris Soentpiet (pronounced “soon-pete”) is an illustrator and author of children’s books. He also enjoys…
Soentpiet
Yin
Even though Yin was born in Brooklyn, she couldn’t understand English when she was young, because her par…
Sorell
Traci
Best-selling author Traci Sorell writes inclusive, award-winning historical and contemporary fiction and …
Sriram
Meera
Meera draws from her life straddling the East and West to tell stories. She grew up in India and moved to…
Sterling
Michelle
Michelle Sterling is a children’s book author, photographer and speech-language pathologist living in Ora…
Stevens
Courtney
Courtney “Court” Stevens grew up in the knockabout town of Bandana, Kentucky. She is a former adjunct pro…
Stone Leahy
Elisa
Elisa Stone Leahy is a queer, Peruvian-American children’s author who lives with her husband and kids in …
Stringfellow
Tara M.
Tara M. Stringfellow is a former attorney, Northwestern University MFA graduate, and two-time Pushcart Pr…