AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS

We attend festivals and events to find dynamic and diverse children’s and young adult authors to add to our extensive database. In partnership with each school, we select grade-appropriate and curriculum-friendly writers and illustrators.

“Meet the Writers has worked hard to find authors that have similar experiences to our students, look like our students, and have books that are especially engaging to the kids.”
— Alysa Law, Teacher

Participating authors and illustrators:
• Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
• Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone
• David A. Adler, Cam Jansen
• Sarah Albee, Fairy Tale Science
• Jimmy Santiago Baca, When I Walk Through That Door, I Am
• Beth Bacon, COVID-19 Helpers
• Jennifer N. Baker, Forgive Me Not
• Karen Bao, Dove Arising
• Tracey Baptiste, The Jumbies
• Bethany Barton, I’m Trying To Love Spiders
• Robbi Behr, Everywhere, Wonder
• Phil Bildner, A Whole New Ballgame
• Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
• Peter Brown, The Wild Robot
• Joseph Bruchac, Talking Leaves
• Nick Bruel, Bad Kitty
• Jen Bryant, A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
• Marina Budhos, Watched
• Matthew Burgess, Enormous Smallness
• Nancy Carpenter, Apples to Oregon
• Pablo Cartaya, Each Tiny Spark
• Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil
• Ruth Chan, Georgie's Best Bad Day
• Sheela Chari, Finding Mighty
• Traci Chee, We Are Not Free
• Dhonielle Clayton, The Marvellers
• Bryan Collier, Martin's Big Words
• Donna Cooner, Skinny
• Jerry Craft, New Kid
• Nina Crews, Seeing Into Tomorrow
• Sayantani DasGupta, The Serpent's Secret
• Barbara Dee, Maybe He Just Likes You
• Lulu Delacre, Us, In Progress: Short Stories About Young Latinos
• Matt de la Peña, Milo Imagines the World
• Junot Díaz, Drown
• Alice Faye Duncan, Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop
• Zetta Elliot, Ship of Souls
• Saraciea J. Fennell, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
• Enrique Flores-Galbis, 90 Miles to Havana
• Gale Galligan, Freestyle
• Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way
• Adam Gidwitz, A Tale Dark & Grimm
• Camille Gomera-Tavarez, High Spirits
• Mandy Gonzalez, Fearless
• John Patrick Green, InvestiGators
• Lisa Greenwald, TBH, Too Much Drama
• Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards
• Dan Gutman, My Weird School
• Abby Hanlon, Dory Fantasmagory
• Vashti Harrison, Big
• Isi Hendrix, Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans
• Carlos Hernandez, Sal & Gabi Break the Universe
• Linda Oatman High, One Amazing Elephant
• Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary
• Tad Hills, Duck & Goose
• Don P. Hooper, True True
• Candice Iloh, Every Body Looking
• Justina Ireland, Dread Nation
• Tiffany D. Jackson, Allegedly
• Emily Jenkins, Upside-Down Magic
• Nicole C. Kear, The Fix-It Friends
• David A. Kelly, Ballpark Mysteries
• Christine Kendall, Riding Chance
• Brendan Kiely, All American Boys
• Michelle Knudsen, Library Lion
• Gordon Korman, Schooled
• Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo
• Mark Kurlansky, World Without Fish
• Thanhha Lai, Inside Out & Back Again
• Irene Latham, Can I Touch Your Hair?
• Caron Levis, Ida, Always
• Betsy Lewin, Click, Clack, Moo
• Cynthia Lord, Rules
• Jessica Love, Julián is a Mermaid
• Kyle Lukoff, Too Bright to See
• Torrey Maldonado, Secret Saturdays
• Elizabeth Mann, The Brooklyn Bridge
• Sonia Manzano, The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
• Janae Marks, From the Desk of Zoe Washington
• Amber McBride, Me (Moth)
• Patricia McCormick, Sold
• Mindy McGinnis, Not a Drop to Drink
• Tony Medina, I Am Alfonso Jones
• Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, La Borinqueña
• David Barclay Moore, Holler of the Fireflies
• Roxie Munro, Rodent Rascals
• Innosanto Nagara, My Night in the Planetarium
• Henry Neff, The Hound of Rowan
• Vanessa Brantley Newton, Grandma’s Purse
• Jamar Nicholas, Leon the Extraordinary
• George O'Connor, Olympians
• Ellen Oh, Flying Lessons & Other Stories
• Johan Olander, A Field Guide to Monsters
• Daniel José Older, Shadowshaper
• Emma Otheguy, Marti’s Song for Freedom
• Maulik Pancholy, The Best at It
• Linda Sue Park, A Long Walk to Water
• Patricia Park, Impostor Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim
• Denise Lewis Patrick, Finding Someplace
• Bao Phi, A Different Pond
• Christine Platt, Ana & Andrew
• James Preller, Bystander
• Doreen Rappaport, Big Word Biographies
• Jess Redman, Quintessence
• Jason Reynolds, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
• Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, It Doesn’t Take a Genius
• Susan Robeson, Grandpa Stops a War: A Paul Robeson Story
• Geoff Rodkey, We’re Not From Here
• Lance Rubin, Denton Little's Deathdate
• Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
• Yusef Salaam, Punching the Air
• Daniel Salmieri, Bear and Wolf
• Stephen Savage, Where's Walrus?
• Corey Rosen Schwartz, The Three Ninja Pigs
• N. H. Senzai, Shooting Kabul
• Sheetal Sheth, Bravo Anjali!
• Danielle Smith-Llera, Trash Vortex
• Mika Song, Donut Feed the Squirrels
• Christina Soontornvat, All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team
• Jim St. Germain, A Stone of Hope
• Rebecca Stead, The List of Things That Will Not Change
• H. A. Swain, Hungry
• Matthew Swanson, Everywhere, Wonder
• Eric Velasquez, Octopus Stew
• Booki Vivat, Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom
• Huy Voun Lee, Exotic Fruit
• Jasmine Warga, Other Words For Home
• Renée Watson, This Side of Home
• Charles Waters, Can I Touch Your Hair?
• John Corey Whaley, Noggin
• Rita Williams-Garcia, Gone Crazy in Alabama
• Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns As Bright As You
• Jacqueline Woodson, Harbor Me
• Karina Yan Glaser, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
• Ibi Zoboi, American Street