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Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" & "The Giver"

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Award-Winning Children's Author & Illustrator Known for "Thank You, Mr. Falker"; Dyslexia & Learning Disabilities Advocate

#1 New York Times Best Selling Author, Award-Winning Children's Musician & Original Author of the "Pete the Cat" Series

Author's of the Children's Book Series "Dork Diaries" & The Misadventures of Max Crumbly

Children's Books Author & Illustrator Known for "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Award-Winning Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author; Civil Rights Activist; Cancer Survivor; Subject of the Emmy Award-Winning Documentary "Going to Mars"

Cowboy and Author; Best Known for his Classic Children’s Series, "Hank the Cowdog"

Literacy Advocate, Author & Actor Known for "Roots," "Star Trek" & "Reading Rainbow"

Award-Winning Black & Indigenous Historian; Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh; Author of "I’ve Been Here All the While"

Literary Advocate & Founder of Well-Read Black Girl

Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

First Female & African-American News Anchor in Atlanta

Civil & Human Rights Attorney, Best-Selling Author, Scholar Activist

Writer, Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Author of "The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change" & Host of "The Diversity Gap" Podcast

Storyteller & Author of "Black Widow"

World-Famous Animal Scientist, Autism Self-Advocate & Author of "Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism"

NYT Bestselling Author Known for "Esperanza Rising" & "Becoming Naomi León"

Children's Book Author; Creator of "Arthur"; Advote for Children's Literacy

Educational Consultant, Author, Cultural Analyst