Children and Young Adult Authors
Whether they're talking about their books or offering tips on how to engage young readers, our children and young adult authors seek to inspire audiences of all ages.
Mahogany Browne

Poet, Author, Activist

 Kalisha Buckhanon

Author of Speaking of Summer and school favorite Upstate, Women's Safety and Support Advocate, former Crime TV Commentator

 Ying Chang Compestine

Expert on Healthy Eating and Living, Chinese Culture, and Writing

 Jack Gantos

Award-Winning Children and Young Adult Author

 Deborah Heiligman

Award-Winning Children's and YA Author

 Leonard Marcus

Children's Book Historian, Author, Critic

 Ann M. Martin

Bestselling author of The Baby-sitters Club series

 Yuyi Morales

Bestselling Children's Illustrator & Author

 Brian Pinkney

Acclaimed artist and illustrator

 Andrea Davis Pinkney

Bestselling Author, Media/Publishing Executive, Diversity Commentator

 Stephen Ritz

Educator, 2015 Global Teacher Prize Finalist, & Founder of Green Bronx Machine

 Rainbow Rowell

Bestselling Adult and YA Author

 Victoria “V.E.” Schwab

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author

 Charles J. Shields

Award-winning Biographer and Historian

 Mark Siegel

Author, Illustrator, and Founder & Creative and Editorial Director of First Second Books

 Dashka Slater

Bestselling Author, Journalist for The New York Times Magazine and Mother Jones

 Mariko Tamaki

Writer, Artist, Graphic Novelist

 Rosemary Wells

Children's Author & Illustrator

 Gene Luen Yang

National Ambassador of Young People's Literature, Graphic Novelist