Our Authors and Illustrators
Showing contributors starting with "J" - 1 to 20 of 20 results
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Aaliya Jaleel
Aaliya Jaleel is a student at the University of Texas-Dallas, where she studies animation and enjoys trying new dessert places with her friends. Under My Hijab is her first picture... -
Leslie Jean-Bart
Leslie Jean-Bart photographs and photo collages have appeared in New York Magazine, Newsweek, and The New York Times. A native of Haiti, he received a masters degree in journalism from... -
Deneen Jenks
Deneen Jenks and her husband, Rick Noguchi, are a husband and wife team who live in Culver City, California. Flowers from Mariko is their first children’s book. -
John Jennings
John Jennings co-edited the Eisner-nominated anthology The Blacker the Ink. He is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside, and the Nasir Jones Hiphop... -
Cindy Jenson-Elliott
Cindy Jenson-Elliott is a science and writing teacher for children of all ages and adults, and is the author of 18 nonfiction books for children. She is an ocean swimmer,... -
Ruth Jeyaveeran
Ruth Jeyaveeran is the author and illustrator of The Road to Mumbai, praised by School Library Journal as a “lively romp across India.” Much of Jeyaveeran’s fine art and illustration... -
Ji Li Jiang
Ji-Li Jiang is the author of Red Scarf Girl (an ALA Notable Book), her own account of growing up in China under the Cultural Revolution. Born in Shanghai in 1954,... -
Emily Jiang
Emily Jiang is the American-born daughter of Chinese American immigrants, and she has been writing poems and stories since she was five years old. She holds an MFA in Creative... -
Moisés Jiménez
Armando and Moisés are the grandsons of Manuel Jiménez, founder of the Oaxacan woodcarving tradition. In the late 1950’s, shepherd Manuel Jimenez began making wooden animals. The pieces were bought... -
Susie Lee Jin
Susie Lee Jin was born in San Francisco, California. She earned a master’s degree in fine art from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and works full-time... -
Larry Johnson
Larry Johnson has illustrated several children’s books, including Knoxville, Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni, When Joe Louis Won the Title, and Lee & Low’s The Secret to Freedom, praised by School... -
Cathy Ann Johnson
Cathy Ann Johnson was born in Columbus, Ohio. She earned her BFA from Columbus College of Arts and Design and currently works as a full-time illustrator. To illustrate this book... -
Dinah Johnson
Dinah Johnson was born in Charleston, South Carolina. She is the author of several books for children and is a contributor to the award-winning In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall:... -
Dolores Johnson
Dolores Johnson was born in New Britain, Connecticut. Growing up, she wanted to be an artist, just like her big brother. Dolores received her BFA from Boston University and is... -
Darnell Johnson
Darnell Johnson discovered his passion for art while watching Saturday morning cartoons as a kid. He pulled inspiration from his childhood, family, and friends to draw life into the characters... -
Leslie Johnson
Leslie Johnson was born in Mendacino County, California. She is a cultural anthropologist, and after teaching anthropology, including Native American history and culture, for many years, she became interested in... -
Justin Johnson
Justin Johnson credits his mother and grandmother, both teachers, with inspiring his love of picture books and storytelling. He studied children’s book illustration as well as animation at the Rhode... -
Judith Josephson
Judith Pinkerton Josephson is a full-time writer of children’s books and stories. Josephson’s Growing Up in World War II won first place in the San Diego Book Awards. She lives... -
Kaylani Juanita
Kaylani Juanita describes her mission as an artist as “supporting the stories of the underrepresented, and creating new ways for people to imagine themselves.” Her work has appeared at the...
