Our Authors and Illustrators

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  • Esau Andrade Valencia

    Esau Andrade Valencia comes from a family of Mexican folk artists. His paintings are included in the collection of the Museum of Latin American Art as well as in the...
  • Benny Andrews

    Benny Andrews (1930-2006) was a renowned African American fine artist whose work is in the permanent collections of more than thirty major museums, including the Smithsonian Institution, the High Museum...
  • Nancy Andrews-Goebel

    Nancy Andrews-Goebel met Juan Quezada in 1995 while on vacation in Mexico. Fascinated by his work and inspired by his wonderful spirit, she and her husband co-produced a documentary entitled...
  • Carl Angel

    Carl Angel is a visual artist who enjoys participating in the creation of narrative media–whether it is illustration, design, or independent films. He has illustrated, designed, and art directed numerous...
  • Gloria Anzaldúa

    Gloria Anzaldúa was a major Mexican American/Chicana literary voice, scholar, and activist. Her first book for Children’s Book Press, Friends from the Other Side/Amigos del otro lado, about a brave...
  • Ana Aranda

    Ana Aranda‘s artwork has been featured in galleries and museums in the United States, France, Norway, Japan, Italy, and her native Mexico. Her biggest inspirations come from her childhood memories,...
  • Harvey Araton

    Harvey Araton, a celebrated sports columnist for The New York Times authored the New York Times best-selling Driving Mr. Yogi about the famous catcher’s relationship with pitcher Ron Guidry, and...
  • Jorge Argueta

    Jorge Argueta is a prize-winning poet and teacher. Born in El Salvador, he came to San Francisco in 1980. The prolific author of several award-winning books, he is active in...
  • Manlio Argueta

    Manlio Argueta is one of El Salvador’s greatest living authors. In 1977 he received Latin America’s most prestigious literary award, the Casa de las Americas Prize for Caperucita en la...
  • Farah Aria

    Farah Aria was born in San Gabriel, California. Once a schoolteacher, Farah is now a full-time illustrator. Coming from a diverse background herself including Iranian, Mexican, and African American roots,...
  • Shino Arihara

    Shino Arihara is a full-time illustrator who was born in the United States and grew up in Japan. She felt an immediate connection to Arn Chorn-Pond’s story because a close...
  • Photo of Glenda Armand, author of Love Twelve Miles Long.
    Glenda Armand

    Glenda Armand is the author of many picture and chapter books. She won Lee & Low’s New Voices Award for the manuscript Love Twelve Miles Long. Glenda has had a...
  • Marsha Diane Arnold

    Marsha Diane Arnold is an award-winning picture-book author. Her past titles include the Smithsonian Notable Book The Pumpkin Runner and Lost. Found., which received three starred reviews. Marsha was inspired...
  • Alexandra Artigas

    Alexandra Artigas was born in Spain but grew up mostly in Venezuela. She received her BFA in Graphic Design and Illustration from the Institute of Design of Caracas, Venezuela. Alexandra...
  • Photo of author-illustrator Steve Asbell smiling at the camera with his arms crossed over his chest.
    Steve Asbell

    Steve Asbell was diagnosed with autism and draws a comic strip called Stimmy Kitty that shares childhood experiences through an autistic lens. As a member of SCBWI, he was won...
  • Roni C. Ashford

    Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford grew up in the Sonoran desert on the Arizona side of the U.S.-Mexico border. She was a bilingual preschool and elementary school teacher for over thirty years....
  • Te Ata

    Te Ata, whose name means “Bearer of the Morning,” was an internationally acclaimed Chickasaw storyteller. Born in the Oklahoma Territory in 1897, she was proclaimed Oklahoma’s first Oklahoma State Treasure....
  • Tina Athaide

    Tina Athaide was born in Uganda, Africa and is of Asian Indian descent. She is a reading resource specialist, and in 1997 was recognized by the International Reading Association for...
  • Jeannine Atkins

    Jeannine Atkins is the author of Get Set! Swim!, which was named a “Choices” selection by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and their...