Our Authors and Illustrators

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  • McKenzie Mayle

    McKenzie Mayle is a New York City based artist and illustrator with roots in Appalachia Ohio. She delights in creating relatable and eccentric characters, predominantly inspired by Tim Burton, Shel...
  • Ron Mazellan

    Ron Mazellan is the illustrator of several award-winning picture books. He is also a professor of art at Indiana Wesleyan University. Mazellan was drawn to this story by Irena Sendler’s...
  • Dion MBD

    Dion MBD or Dionisius Mehaga Bangun Djayasaputra, is an Indonesian illustrator and designer who lives and works between Brooklyn and Bandung. Dion received his Illustration BFA from Ringling College of...
  • Francis McCall

    Francis McCall was born in Baltimore, Maryland. One of eleven children, Francis learned about photography from his mother, an avid picture taker with plenty of subjects. When Francis isn’t writing...
  • Guadalupe García McCall

    Guadalupe García McCall is the best-selling author of Summer of the Mariposas and won the Pura Belpré Award for her first novel, Under the Mesquite. She is a full-time author...
  • Jessica McClure

    Jessica Glickman was born in Sumter, South Carolina, and received a fine arts degree in illustration from Pratt Institute in New York City. Jessica has loved to draw since she...
  • Ruthanne Lum McCunn

    Ruthanne Lum McCunn is of Chinese and Scottish descent, and was hailed by the Dallas Times “an American-Chinese author of remarkable talent.” Her work, which has won many awards, has...
  • Robert McGuire

    Robert McGuire is a full-time illustrator with a degree in fine arts whose work reflects a love of diverse cultures. He and his wife live in Japan. For more information,...
  • Lawrence McKay Jr.

    Lawrence McKay is the author of Caravan, which was a Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year selection. He lives in Vermont with his wife and their two children.
  • Patricia C. McKissack

    Patricia McKissack has won numerous awards for her children’s books, including the Coretta Scott King Author Award, Newbery Medal Honor, and Carter G. Woodson Book Award. Her friendship and professional...
  • Connie McLennan

    Connie McLennan is a freelance illustrator, author, and fine artist whose work has appeared in numerous advertisements, publications, and textbooks. After earning a degree in journalism, she studied at the...
  • Connie McLennan

    Connie McLennan is a freelance illustrator, author, and fine artist whose work has appeared in numerous advertisements, publications, and textbooks. After earning a degree in journalism, she studied at the...
  • Tony Medina

    Tony Medina is the author of six beloved books for young readers, as well as multiple volumes of poetry for adults. A Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and a professor of creative...
  • Lila Mehta

    Lila Mehta was born in Rajkot, India, and graduated as a nurse and midwife in London, England. In 1965, she arrived in Canada where she graduated from the University of...
  • Yamile Saied Méndez

    Yamile Saied Méndez is the award-winning author of many books for young readers and adults, including Furia, Where Are You From?, the Horse Country series, and On These Magic Shores,...
  • Consuelo Mendez

    Consuelo Méndez is a painter and artist from Caracas, Venezuela, whose work is widely exhibited in Latin America. She spent a large part of her growing up years in South...
  • Emily Mendoza

    Emily Mendoza is a Mexican American illustrator from Southern California. She received her BFA in illustration from Pratt Institute and is now thriving in Queens, New York! Growing up, she...
  • Jessica Mendoza

    Jessica Mendoza is currently an MLB analyst for Sunday Night Baseball, ESPN’s premier MLB franchise. She is the first female analyst in MLB postseason history, and ESPN’s first ever female...
  • Carla Messinger headshot. Carla has curly gray hair and wears beaded necklaces, earrings, and a green shirt.
    Carla Messinger

    Carla J. S. Messinger, Turtle Clan Lenape, is a cultural educator and the director of Native American Heritage Programs. She lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with her husband Allan and daughter...
  • Susan Middleton Elya

    Susan Middleton Elya is the author of more than twenty-nine popular picture books for children, including Lee & Low’s “Say Hola to Spanish” series and Home at Last. She has...