Our Authors and Illustrators

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  • Gaylia Taylor

    Gaylia Taylor was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a retired Reading Recovery® teacher who is pursuing a full-time career writing children’s books. She is the author of Bebop Books’...
  • Debbie Taylor

    Debbie Taylor is a first-time picture book author with a master’s degree in creative writing. She works at the University of Michigan and has had several stories published in children’s...
  • Christine Taylor-Butler

    Christine Taylor-Butler has written more than sixty books for children, including biographies, state histories, and several science and fiction series. She is also the author of the award-winning Sacred Mountain,...
  • Sunshine Tenasco headshot: brown-skinned Native woman with long, black hair and long earrings in front of brick wall.
    Sunshine Tenasco

    Sunshine Tenasco is Anishinaabe from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Quebec, Canada. She is a mom of four kids and a clean water activist. A portion of the profits from her handmade...
  • Stanley Todd Terasaki

    Stanley Todd Terasaki makes his picture book debut with Ghosts for Breakfast, which is based on a similar incident encountered by his mother’s great-great-grandfather. Terasaki has a master’s degree in...
  • The Aguilar Sisters

    The Aguilar Sisters — Guillermina, Josefina, Irene, and Concepción –are Mexico’s most beloved folk art artisans. They learned how to make clay figurines from their mother, and their humorous ceramics...
  • The American Institutes for Research (AIR)

    Established in 1946, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in...
  • The Master Artisans of Chigmecatitlán

    Bryant Boucher works around the world as a professional photographer and cinematographer.
  • Raúl the Third

    Raúl the Third is the two-time Pura Belpré award-winning author/illustrator of Lowriders to the Center of the Earth and Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market. His work centers the contemporary...
  • Sherry Thomas

    Sherry Thomas is the author of nineteen novels across multiple genres, including the acclaimed Lady Sherlock mystery series, a YA fantasy trilogy that began with The Burning Sky, and more...
  • Holly Thompson

    Holly Thompson has lived for more than twenty years in Kamakura, Japan, where she likes to gather wakame and observe the harvesting of cultivated wakame. Raised in New England, she...
  • Samantha Thornhill

    Samantha Thornhill is a poet, educator, and children’s book author. Her work has been published in over two dozen literary journals and anthologies. She has taught poetry to acting students...
  • Cheryl Thuesday

    Cheryl “Ras” Thuesday is an illustrator originally from London and who grew up in New Jersey. Her art style and love of vibrant colors are heavily influenced by her Caribbean...
  • Renee Ting

    Renee Ting is a strong advocate of publishing multicultural children’s literature that emphasizes cultural diversity and tolerance. She is a graduate of Harvard University with a BA in music, and...
  • Tim Tingle headshot. Tim, a light-skinned indigenous man, wears a baseball cap and denim button-up shirt.
    Tim Tingle

    Tim Tingle is an Oklahoma Choctaw, an award-winning storyteller, and the author of more than twenty books for children, teenagers, and adults. His titles have been recognized by the American...
  • Tonel

    Tonel is a visual artist and art critic who was born in Havana, Cuba, where he illustrated several children’s books. His work for grownups has been exhibited in North and...
  • Kimm Topping

    Kimm Topping, Ed.M. (they/them) is an educator, historian, and artist. As the founder of Lavender Education, they lead a national initiative that celebrates LGBTQIA+ history through arts, education, and youth...
  • Pablo Torrecilla Puebla

    Pablo Torrecilla has illustrated many books for the educational market as well as children’s picture books, including The Bakery Lady/La señora de la Panaderia by Pat Mora. Born and raised...
  • Jennifer Torres

    Jennifer Torres is a first time picture book author and freelance journalist. She grew up listening to mariachi music, and as a reporter, she met mariachi musicians who were responsible...
  • Maria Victoria Torrey

    Maria Victoria Torrey of Puerto Rican descent, was born in New York City. She has a master’s degree and is working toward her doctorate, both in bilingual education. Vicky is...