Our Authors and Illustrators

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  • John Parra

    John Parra is a graphic artist, an illustrator, and a fine artist. His paintings have been exhibited in many gallery shows around the United States, and much of his work...
  • Ambar Past

    Poet Ambar Past immigrated to Mexico when she was 23. Thirty years ago she made her home in rural Chiapas and learned to speak Tzotzil Mayan. Since moving to Chiapas...
  • Rodney Pate

    Rodney S. Pate has been illustrating books for children for more than twenty years, and his fine art work has been exhibited at the Society of Illustrators in New York...
  • Sonia Patel

    Sonia Patel knows teenagers inside and out. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, trained at Stanford University and the University of Hawaii, she has spent over fifteen years listening to...
  • Kimberly Pauley

    Kimberly Pauley is the author of the award-winning Sucks to Be Me, which was honored on the YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers list. The sequel, Still Sucks to Be...
  • Elaine Pedlar

    Elaine Pedlar was born in Queens, New York, the youngest girl of seven children. She graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1987 and, since then, has been a fashion...
  • Rob Peñas

    Rob Peñas is a second-generation Filipino-American whose parents immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. He grew up in a house filled with books and playing 16-inch softball. Pedro’s...
  • Mona Pennypacker

    Mona Pennypacker was originally trained in visual arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she earned her degree in Fine Arts with a minor in Latin American Art...
  • L. King Perez

    L. King Perez has won many awards for her fiction and poetry. In addition to writing, she accompanies visiting authors to their appearances around Dayton, Ohio, where she and her...
  • L. King Perez

    L. King Perez has won many awards for her fiction and poetry. In addition to writing, she accompanies visiting authors to their appearances around Dayton, Ohio, where she and her...
  • Rene S Perez II

    Rene S. Perez II was born in Kingsville, Texas, and raised in Corpus Christi. He received a BA from the University of Texas and an MFA from Texas State University....
  • Aixa Pérez-Prado author photo. Aixa has short, wavy brown hair, tan skin, red lipstick, dangly earrings, a gold pendant necklace, and black shirt in front of a yellow background.
    Aixa Pérez-Prado

    Aixa Pérez-Prado is an author, an illustrator, and a university professor of linguistic and cultural studies. Originally from Buenos Aires, she crafts stories that explore intersectional identities, the need for...
  • Donna Perrone

    Donna Perrone received her fine arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She has illustrated several books for children, and she especially enjoys working on...
  • Phyllis J. Perry

    Phyllis J. Perry was born in Nevada City, California. She has published over 40 books for children and educators, and she was inspired to write this book by a neighborhood...
  • Ann Phong

    Ann Phong was born in Vietnam. In 1981 she escaped Vietnam by boat, and after living for a year in refugee camps in the Philippines and Malaysia, she settled in...
  • Brian Pinkney

    Brian Pinkney is the acclaimed illustrator of numerous award-winning books. In addition to the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for In the Time of the Drums, he has been honored...
  • Venantius Pinto

    Venantius J. Pinto was born in Bombay, India. A fine artist, designer, and animator, Mr. Pinto lives with his wife in Sunnyside, NY. This is his first picture book.
  • Sally J. Pla

    Sally J. Pla is the award-winning author of several novels for young people, including The Someday Birds and Stanley Will Probably Be Fine. Many of Pla’s stories are based on...
  • Terrence Poppa

    Terrence E. Poppa, an award-winning journalist, is widely respected as an expert in narco-trafficking. He was a finalist for the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for his investigations into the connection between...