Our Authors and Illustrators

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  • Loretta Lopez

    Loretta Lopez who was born in El Paso, Texas, earned a fine arts degree at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New York City. Visit her...
  • Blanca López de Mariscal

    Blanca López de Mariscal teaches Mexican literature at the University in Monterrey, Mexico. Blanca is especially interested in the oral tradition of her Mexican ancestors. With her background in education,...
  • Michelle Lord

    Michelle Lord fell in love with the culture of Cambodia when she traveled there to adopt her youngest daughter. She was inspired to write Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin after...
  • Theo Nicole Lorenz

    Theo Nicole Lorenz is the illustrator behind several books, including Dinosaurs with Jobs, Unicorns Are Jerks, and The Trans Self-Care Workbook. They live in Saint Paul, Minnesota with their spouse...
  • Stuart Loughridge

    Stuart Loughridge lives and works in St. Paul, MN. Most of his waking hours are spent in his studio, drawing, painting, printmaking, and filling the bird feeder. This is his...
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    Judith Lowry

    Judith Lowry is a nationally exhibited painter of Mountain Maidu, Hamawi Pit-River, and Australian descent. Considered one of California’s premiere contemporary Native American artists, she is inspired by the stories...
  • José Lozano

    José Lozano is an author and artist from California. Born in Los Angeles, his family moved to Ciudad Juárez, México, when he was a baby. Growing up on the border,...
  • Cedric Lucas

    Cedric Lucas is the illustrator of Night Golf and Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery (Lee & Low, 1995). He is also a contributing illustrator to America: My Land,...
  • Kyle Lukoff

    Kyle Lukoff is the author of Too Bright to See, winner of a Newbery Honor; another middle-grade novel, Different Kinds of Fruit; and many picture books and early readers, including...
  • Tom Lynch

    Tom Lynch is the co-owner of HAVOC and Media Design, an art and design company. He was praised by The New York Times as a “genius in his chosen medium”...
  • Kelly Lyons

    Kelly Starling Lyons is the author of multiple award-winning picture books and chapter books, most recently Sing a Song: How “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Inspired Generations, illustrated by Keith...
  • Valynne Maetani

    Valynne Maetani grew up in Utah and obtained a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In a former life, she was a project manager and developed educational software for...
  • James Magee

    In 1978, the incredibly prolific American artist (and now published poet) James Magee rooted himself in El Paso and Juarez on the U.S. Mexico Border. Michigan-born, Ivy League-educated to be...
  • Anastasia Magloire Williams

    Anastasia Magloire Williams is an award-winning illustrator, writer and graphic designer with a lifelong passion for storytelling. Using various styles and vibrant colors, her mission is to elevate unsung histories...
  • Azam Mahdavi

    Azam Mahdavi is a freelance author, artist, translator, and graphic designer based in Tehran. She has published dozens of books for children and young adults in Iran, which have been...
  • Ann Malaspina

    Ann Malaspina is the author of more than fifteen nonfiction books for young people. Her interest in equal rights and social change often leads her to write about people struggling...
  • Patricia Maldonado

    Patricia M. Herbert was born in Brooklyn, New York, and is of Puerto Rican descent. She currently works as a Reading Recovery® teacher in the Bronx. This is her first...
  • Lucy Malka

    Lucy Malka was born in New York City, where she currently works as a Literacy Staff Developer in the Bronx. This is Lucy’s second book for beginning readers, and she...