From Penguin Random House publishers:

"Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history,  She is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality, and gender justice.  In 2017, Urban Word named her the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States.  After graduating cum laude from Harvard University, she now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles.

Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the New York Times best-selling Otis series, which is in developmentas an animated television series.  He's also the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama and Love by Matt de la Pena" (2021).

Visit Amanda Gorman at www.theamandagorman.com and Loren Long at www.lorenlong.com