Kristin Wauson

Kristin Wauson grew up in the Texas Hill Country. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Kristin came to kidlit after rediscovering picture books via her two sons. Since then, she has become an award-winning illustrator.

Lalena Fisher

Lalena Fisher’s (www.lalenalab.com) picture book Friends Beyond Measure: A Story Told with Infographics is part of the Texas 2X2 Reading List, the Washington Children’s Picture Book Award list, and the California Department of Education’s Recommended Literature List...

Kat Fajardo

Kat Fajardo (they/she) is a Honduran Colombian award-winning cartoonist and illustrator from the lively and magical place of Loisaida, New York City. They are the creator of Miss Quinces, which was a National Indie Bestseller, received a Pura Belpre Honor for...

Lindsay Leslie

A diary keeper, a journalism major, a public relations executive, now a children’s author— Lindsay Leslie has always operated in a world of written words. She likes to bring her unique outlook on life, quirky humor, and play with words to the page in picture books....

Kari Lavelle

Kari Lavelle is the award-winning author of WE MOVE THE WORLD (HarperCollins), the BUTT OR FACE? series (Sourcebooks) and ODE TO GRAPEFRUIT: HOW JAMES EARL JONES FOUND HIS VOICE (Knopf). She has always had a love for words: as a kid reading books, as a speech...