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2023 Authors

Amy Kibuishi

Amy Kibuishi

GN Author/Illustrator

The Rema Chronicles

Ben Clanton

Ben Clanton

PB & GN Author/Illustrator

Narwhal and Jelly series

Dan Gemeinhart

Dan Gemeinhart

MG Author

The Midnight Children

Dori Hillestad Butler

Dori Hillestad Butler

Chapter Book Author

Dear Beast, King & Kayla

J.E. Thomas

J.E. Thomas

MG/YA Author

Control Freaks

Jessixa Bagley

Jessixa Bagley

PB Author/Illustrator

The Courage Hats, Daisy

Kelly McWilliams

Kelly McWilliams

YA Author

Your Plantation Prom is Not Okay

Laurie Ann Thompson

Laurie Ann Thompson

Picture Book Author

You are a Racoon

Liz Wong

Liz Wong

PB Author/Illustrator

Nobody Likes Frogs, I Am Not A Penguin

Maya Prasad

Maya Prasad

Chapter book/YA Author

Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Thins, Sejal Since Battles Superstorms

Nolen Lee

Nolen Lee

Illustrator

Punching Pandas

Suma Subramaniam

Suma Subramaniam

PB Author

Namaste is a Greeting, She Sang for India

Trudi Trueit

Trudi Trueit

MG Fiction & Nonfiction

Explorer Academy

Amy Seto Forrester

Amy Seto Forrester

PB Author

Search for a Giant Squid

Ben Guterson

Ben Guterson

MG Author

The Winterhouse Trilogy

Dan Richards

Dan Richards

PB/MG Author

Nubby, Once Upon a Goat

Ellie Peterson

Ellie Peterson

PB Author/Illustrator

How to Hug a Pufferfish

Jake Maia Arlow

Jake Maia Arlow

MG/YA Author

How to Excavate a Heart

Katherine Pryor

Katherine Pryor

PB Author

Home is Calling: The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly, Spring is for Strawberries

Kendare Blake

Kendare Blake

YA Author

One Girl In All The World

Leanne Hatch

Leanne Hatch

PB Author/Illustrator

The Brand-New, Never-Used, Perfect Crayons

Margaret Owen

Margaret Owen

YA author

Painted Devils

Míriam Bonastre Tur

Míriam Bonastre Tur

Author and Illustrator

Hooky

P. Djèlí Clark

P. Djèlí Clark

MG Author

Abeni's Song

Suzanne Kaufman

Suzanne Kaufman

PB Author/Illustrator

All Are Welcome Here, A Friend for Ghost

Vikram Madan

Vikram Madan

Chapter Book Author/Illustrator

Owl & Penguin, Bobo & Pup-Pup

Barbara Davis-Pyles

Barbara Davis-Pyles

PB Author

Nobody Likes Frogs, Cliff the Failed Troll

Brooke Hartman

Brooke Hartman

PB Author

Klyde the Kraken Wants a Friend

Donna Barba Higuera

Donna Barba Higuera

MG & PB Author

The Last Cuentista

J. Anderson Coats

J. Anderson Coats

MG Author

A Season Most Unfair

Janet Sumner Johnson

Janet Sumner Johnson

PB/MG Author

The Recess Genius: Open for Business, A Bad Case of the Almosts

Kazu Kibuishi

Kazu Kibuishi

GN Author/Illustrator

Amulet book series

Kevan Atteberry

Kevan Atteberry

PB Author/Illustrator

Ghost Cat, The Dear Beast series

Lily LaMotte

Lily LaMotte

GN Author

Chloe's Lunar New Year

Martha Brockenbrough

Martha Brockenbrough

PB/MG/YA Author

To Catch a Thief, Frank and the Masked Cat

Nikki Shannon Smith

Nikki Shannon Smith

Board Book/PB/MG/YA Author

Our Beautiful Colors, The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane

Rachel Griffin

Rachel Griffin

YA Author

Bring Me Your Midnights

Suzanne Williams

Suzanne Williams

Chapter Book Author

Goddess Girls series, Heroes in Training series

Will Taylor

Will Taylor

MG Author

The Language of Seabirds

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