Category: Immigrant & Refugee Perspectives

Rhee
Helena Ku
Helena Ku Rhee is an award-winning author of books for kids and the young at heart. Her latest book, Sora…
Rum
Etaf
Etaf Rum is a Palestinian-American New York Times Bestselling author. Her debut novel, A Woman Is Man, ga…
Rush
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Rush is the author of The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming…
Soentpiet
Yin
Even though Yin was born in Brooklyn, she couldn’t understand English when she was young, because her par…
Soentpiet
Chris
Chris Soentpiet (pronounced “soon-pete”) is an illustrator and author of children’s books. He also enjoys…
Sriram
Meera
Meera draws from her life straddling the East and West to tell stories. She grew up in India and moved to…
Stamper
Vesper
Born in Germany and raised in New York City, Vesper Stamper has been an illustrator for over 20 years and…
Sterling
Michelle
Michelle Sterling is a children’s book author, photographer and speech-language pathologist living in Ora…
Stone Leahy
Elisa
Elisa Stone Leahy is a queer, Peruvian-American children’s author who lives with her husband and kids in …
Sylvester
Natalia
Natalia Sylvester is the Pura Belpré and Schneider Family honor winning author of the young adult novel B…
The Beautiful & Banned
Christine Renee Miller fancies herself an expert. Perhaps it’s because she always seems to play one on sc…
Vasquez Gilliland
Raquel
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland is a Mexican American poet, novelist and painter. She’s most inspired by fog and…