Kevin Jared Hosein, Novelist Kevin Jared Hosein is an award-winning Caribbean novelist and short-story writer from Trinidad and Tobago. He was named overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2018 and was the Caribbean regional winner in 2015. He is the author of three works of fiction for...
Breanna McDaniel, Writer Breanna J. McDaniel (she/her/hers) is the co-founder of REIYL (Researchers Exploring Inclusive Youth Literature) and an author. She’s published in myriad academic journals, an academic anthology and her debut picture book Hands Up! was published with Dial Books in 2019, while her newest picture book Impossible Moon...
Vashti Harrison, Children's Illustrator Vashti Harrison is the New York Times bestselling creator of Big, which was awarded the 2024 Caldecott Medal, a Coretta Scott King Book Award Author Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor, in addition to being a National Book Award finalist. Vashti is...
Yona Deshommes, Publisher Yona Deshommes began her professional career in education as a certified teaching assistant and Academic Coordinator at Edwin Gould Academy, a residential treatment center in Chestnut Ridge, NY, where she created and facilitated several cultural and educational programs for at-risk youth from the juvenile justice and foster...
