Authors and Illustrators

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  • Jim Haskins

    Jim Haskins was the celebrated author of more than one hundred books, most on topics of African American history and achievement. His works received numerous honors, including the Coretta Scott...
  • Caroline Hatton

    Caroline Hatton was born in France after her parents moved there from their native Vietnam. She grew up in Paris, then attended graduate school at UCLA. Caroline’s books are inspired...
  • Kay Haugaard

    Kay Haugaard studied Art History at the University of Oregon, then moved to Pasadena, California with her husband. There, she acquired her Master’s degree in Comparative Literature at Occidental College...
  • Joe Hayes

    Joe Hayes is one of America’s premier storytellers. He grew up in a small town in southern Arizona where he started learning Spanish from his classmates. As Hayes got older,...
  • Barbara Shook Hazen

    Barbara Shook Hazen is an award-winning author of numerous books for children. She was born in Dayton, Ohio, and now lives in New York City. Barbara got the idea for...
  • Bethany Hegedus

    Bethany Hegedus is an award-winning author of picture books and middle-grade novels, including Grandfather Gandhi and Alabama Spitfire. A former educator, she teaches widely and enjoys mentoring young writers. Hegedus...
  • Shelly Hehenberger

    Shelly Hehenberger as born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she earned her MFA from the University of Cincinnati. Shelly loves to travel and has a strong interest in Native American cultures,...
  • Emmi S. Herman

    Emmi S. Herman was born in New York City. She has worked as an educator, editor and writer. Emmi was inspired to write this story after watching children participate in...
  • Eddie Hernández

    Eddie Hernández has been in education for the past 34 years. He was a bilingual kindergarten teacher for several years and also taught other grade levels during his teaching career....
  • Juan Felipe Herrera

    Juan Herrera is an acclaimed poet and children’s book author. His first children’s book, Calling the Doves, won the prestigious Ezra Jack Keats Award, and another book, The Upside Down...
  • Juan Felipe Herrera

    Juan Felipe Herrera is the son of farmworkers and a graduate of UCLA, Stanford, and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. During the last fifty years, he has dedicated his...
  • Lorena Iglesias Heydenburk

    Lorena Iglesias Heydenburk was born in Colón, in the Republic of Panama. She has a master’s degree in education and currently works as an elementary school counselor. As a child,...
  • Karen Hjemboe

    Karen Hjemboe was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She has written many stories for children’s magazines, and has taught first grade for six years on the Santo Domingo Pueblo Indian...
  • Raymond Holbert

    Raymond Holbert was born and raised in California, earned three art degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, and still lives in the Bay Area. He has illustrated books...
  • John Holyfield

    John Holyfield is a fine artist whose work has been described as having a strong southern feel that captures the essence of rural life. The main themes in his art...
  • Nancy Hom

    Nancy Hom is a fine artist, printmaker, and graphic designer who is based in San Francisco, California. Her medium for this book was based on traditional Hmong story cloths, which...