Our Authors and Illustrators
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Katherine Potter
Katherine Potter was drawn to The Have a Good Day Cafe by the opportunity to share the story with her nephew, whose grandfather came to the United States from Korea... -
Christine Powers
Christine Powers was born in New York City. She studied art at Pratt Institute, the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and Parsons School of Design. A full-time mother, Christine has also... -
J.L. Powers
J.L. Powers is a novelist and scholar. Her recent novel This Thing Called the Future is a coming of age story set in post-Apartheid South Africa. Her previous anthology was... -
Padma Prasad Reddeppa
Padma Prasad Reddeppa was born in Chennai, India, and is a poet, writer and painter. Her Indian roots provide the material for her imagination. Several of her short stories have... -
Ralph E. Pray
Dr. Ralph E. Pray is an engineer and author who owns an independent research laboratory in Los Angeles County to resolve problems in the mineral industry. He has taught engineering... -
Patty Cisneros Prevo
Patty Cisneros Prevo is a first-generation Latina, writer, two-time Paralympic gold medalist, and proud mom and partner. She also works as the University of Wisconsin Health Program Manager of DEI.... -
Erwin Printup Jr.
Erwin Printup is a Cayuga/Tuscarora painter who received a degree in fine arts from the Institute of American Indian Art, in Santa Fe, NM. Born in Niagara Falls, he now... -
Sean Qualls
Sean Qualls is the illustrator of Powerful Words, a Parents’ Choice Award winner, and The Baby on the Way, praised by Booklist for its ‘intimate artwork.’ A full-time artist, Qualls... -
Ron Querry
Ron Querry is an internationally-acclaimed, American author and member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Querry served in the Marine Corps during the 1960s and, after his term of service,... -
Angela Quezada Padron
Angela Quezada Padron is a Latina author-illustrator who spent her childhood days writing stories and doodling on the garage walls of her New Jersey home and summers visiting family in... -
Isabel Quintero
Isabel Quintero is an award-winning writer from the Inland Empire. Her works include: Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, Ugly Cat and Pablo and Ugly Cat and Pablo and the Missing... -
Aamna Qureshi
Aamna Qureshi is a Muslim Pakistani American who adores words. She is the award-winning author of the YA fantasy novel The Lady or the Lion. She grew up on Long... -
Aamna Qureshi
Aamna Qureshi is a Muslim Pakistani American who adores words. She is the award-winning author of the YA fantasy novel The Lady or the Lion. She grew up on Long... -
Nancy Raines Day
Nancy Raines Day is known for her clever concept books, many in rhyme. She is the author of Baby’s Firsts, A Kitten’s Year and The Lion’s Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale,... -
José Ramírez
José Ramírez is an artist, author, elementary school teacher, and illustrator of six children’s books and counting. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his three daughters: Tonantzin, Luna, and... -
Yasmín Ramírez
Yasmín Ramírez is a 2021 Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Author Fellow as well as a 2020 recipient of the Woody and Gayle Hunt-Aspen Institute Fellowship Award. Her fiction... -
Michael Ramirez
Michael Ramírez was born in El Centro, California. He studied graphic design and fine arts at San Diego State University and has worked as an illustrator, graphic designer and Art... -
Mary Ramírez-Greene
Mary Ramírez-Greene was born and raised in Calexico, California. She holds an Associate’s Degree in Art from Imperial Valley College, a nursing degree from Maric College of Medical Careers in... -
LaTisha Redding
LaTisha Redding makes her picture book debut with Calling the Water Drum. She was inspired to write this story based on the memories of some of her Haitian friends’ accounts...
