Avi — Author of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Crispin
Christopher Paul Curtis — Author of The Watson's Go to Birmingham, 1963
Cynthia DeFelice — Author of Nowhere to Call Home
Elisa Carbone — Author of Storm Warriors
Gary Paulsen — Author of Hatchet and many more
Gennifer Choldenko — Author of Al Capone Does My Shirts
J.K. Rowling — Harry Potter author
Janet Taylor Lisle — Author of The Art of Keeping Cool
Jerry Spinelli — Author of Knots in My Yo-Yo String
Rick Riordan — Author of The Lightning Thief