Our Authors and Illustrators

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  • Keith D. Shepherd

    Keith D. Shepherd is a painter, graphic designer and educator working out of Kansas City, Missouri. His painting “Sunday Best” is part of the Negro League Baseball Museum’s permanent collection....
  • Sun Yung Shin

    Sun Yung Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1974. She was adopted by American parents in 1975 and grew up in the Chicago area. A poet, essayist, and...
  • Simone Shin

    Simone Shin is a children’s book illustrator whose work appeared in Lee & Low’s poetry collection I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage. Shin is the recipient of a Gold...
  • Shelly Shinjo

    Shelly Shinjo is a full-time artist and illustrator. She has a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and has...
  • Kim L. Siegelson

    Kim L. Siegelson is the author of several picture books, as well as a popular speaker at conferences, writing workshops, and school visits. She grew up hearing the unforgettable account...
  • Elly Simmons

    Elly Simmons is an internationally-exhibited painter. Her first picture book for Children’s Book Press, Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes by Manlio Argueto, was highly praised for its rich colors and...
  • Marilyn Singer

    Marilyn Singer, recipient of the 2015 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, is the author of more than one hundred award-winning books for young readers, including Lee &...
  • Soumya Sitaraman

    Soumya Sitaraman was born in Chennai, India and developed her unique style of painting in California. Her vibrant paintings reflect elements of Shivite artistry and nature. She currently lives in...
  • Duane Smith

    Duane Smith was an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer with a degree from Pratt Institute in New York City and a Master’s in Illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology....
  • Patricia Smith

    Patricia Smith was inspired to write her debut picture book Janna and the Kings by childhood memories of Saturdays spent at the barbershop with her father. Smith is an award-winning...
  • Meilo So

    Meilo So has illustrated numerous award-winning picture books. Her work is consistently praised for its spontaneity and ability to capture the essence of a person, animal, place, or object with...
  • Richard Sobol

    Richard Sobol is an award-winning photojournalist who has created more than a dozen photo-essays for young readers. His books explore a wide range of wildlife, conservation, environmental, and cultural topics....
  • Chris Soentpiet

    Chris Soentpiet is the illustrator of several highly praised picture books. He has won many awards for his work, including the NAACP Image Award, Society of Illustrators Original Art Show...
  • Joseph Somoza

    Joseph Somoza was born in Spain and grew up in New Jersey, Chicago, and Cincinnati. He retired form teaching at New Mexico State University in1995. He lives in Las Cruces,...
  • Traci Sorell headshot. Tracy, a light-skinned indigenous woman with long brown hair, wears a black scarf and red shirt.
    Traci Sorell

    Traci Sorell writes fiction and nonfiction books as well as poems for children. Her lyrical story in verse, At the Mountain’s Base, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre (Kokila, 2019), celebrates the...
  • Hernán Sosa

    Hernán Sosa was born in Argentina and raised in Paraguay. He received a degree in visual communications from the Colorado Institute of Art. He currently works as an illustrator of...
  • Cathy Spagnoli

    Cathy Spagnoli, a professional storyteller in Seattle, started to collect stories from Southeast Asian refugees in 1983 as a way to build cross-cultural bridges. She met Blia Xiong at that...
  • Paul Spike

    PAUL SPIKE is the author of five books. A former editor of Punch magazine, his writing has appeared in many publications, including the Village Voice, The Sunday Times, Vogue, the...