Jerry Craft is a New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal–winning author and illustrator best known for his graphic novels New Kid and Class Act. A cofounder of the Schomburg Center’s Annual Black Comic Book Festival, he is also the creator of the award-winning comic strip Mama’s Boyz and a graduate of the School of Visual Arts.

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Vashti Harrison is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, and the 2024 Caldecott Medal winner for Big. She is also known for her acclaimed Little Leaders series and illustrations in Sulwe and Hair Love, earning multiple Coretta Scott King and NAACP Image Awards.

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Kelly Yang is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Front Desk series and several acclaimed novels for young readers, including Parachutes and New From Here. 

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Candace Fleming is an award-winning author of more than fifty books for children and young adults, including the Sibert Medal–winning Honeybee and The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh. A recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and multiple Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, her recent works include The Enigma Girls and Narwhal, Unicorn of the Arctic.

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Neal Shusterman is a New York Times bestselling author of over fifty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including Challenger Deep, Scythe, and the Unwind series. A National Book Award and Margaret A. Edwards Award winner, Shusterman’s works—many adapted for film and TV—are widely taught in schools and celebrated for their depth and imagination.

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