Gantos
Jack Gantos has written books for readers of all ages, from picture books and middle-grade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. His works include Hole in My Life, a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert honors; Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, Joey Pigza […]
Ernshaw
Shea Ernshaw is the #1 New York Times, USA Today and Indie bestselling author of The Wicked Deep, Winterwood, A Wilderness of Stars, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen and A History of Wild Places.Her books have been published in over twenty countries, repeatedly chosen as Indie Next Picks, and A History of Wild Places was a Book […]
Cartaya
Pablo Cartaya is an internationally acclaimed author, screenwriter, speaker, and educator. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, and on Oprah’s Booklist. Pablo has worked with Disney, Apple+, and Sesame Street on projects adapted from television series and movies. In 2021, he served as a judge for the National […]
Schwartz
Dana Schwartz is the creator and host of the number one-charting podcast Noble Blood, produced by iHeartRadio, in which she tells the lesser-known stories of royals throughout history. She is also the host of the iHeartRadio original podcast Haileywood, about Bruce Willis’s attempt to become a real-estate mogul in a small town in Idaho in […]
McBride
Amber McBride is currently an assistant professor at the University of Virginia. She received her BA in English from James Madison University in 2010 and acquired her MFA in Poetry from Emerson College in 2012. She has also taught English Composition, English Literature and Poetry Composition at James Madison University, Strayer University and Northern Virginia […]
Nelson
Adiba Nelson is the woman who brings as much truth to power in her writing, as she does in her speaking. Having been referred to as “inspirational” on more than one occasion, Adiba shares her deepest secrets with her audience, at the same time giving them the courage to live their most authentic, purpose driven […]
Khorram
Adib Khorram is a queer Iranian-American author. He was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. A theater kid in high school, he went on to study design and technical theater at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, with an emphasis in lighting design, and spent several years in the event production industry. His first novel, Darius […]
