Authors and Illustrators

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  • Lila Mehta

    Lila Mehta was born in Rajkot, India, and graduated as a nurse and midwife in London, England. In 1965, she arrived in Canada where she graduated from the University of...
  • Yamile Saied Méndez

    Yamile Saied Méndez is the award-winning author of many books for young readers and adults, including Furia, Where Are You From?, the Horse Country series, and On These Magic Shores,...
  • Consuelo Mendez

    Consuelo Méndez is a painter and artist from Caracas, Venezuela, whose work is widely exhibited in Latin America. She spent a large part of her growing up years in South...
  • Jessica Mendoza

    Jessica Mendoza is currently an MLB analyst for Sunday Night Baseball, ESPN’s premier MLB franchise. She is the first female analyst in MLB postseason history, and ESPN’s first ever female...
  • Emily Mendoza

    Emily Mendoza is a Mexican American illustrator from Southern California. She received her BFA in illustration from Pratt Institute and is now thriving in Queens, New York! Growing up, she...
  • Carla Messinger headshot. Carla has curly gray hair and wears beaded necklaces, earrings, and a green shirt.
    Carla Messinger

    Carla J. S. Messinger, Turtle Clan Lenape, is a cultural educator and the director of Native American Heritage Programs. She lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with her husband Allan and daughter...
  • Susan Middleton Elya

    Susan Middleton Elya is the author of more than twenty-nine popular picture books for children, including Lee & Low’s “Say Hola to Spanish” series and Home at Last. She has...
  • Monica Mikai

    Monica Mikai believes the stories of our lives hold great power and is passionate about bringing those stories to life through her illustrations. She has a BA from Rider University...
  • Monica Mikai

    Monica Mikai believes the stories of our lives hold great power and is passionate about bringing those stories to life through her illustrations. She has a BA from Rider University...
  • Tom Miller

    Tom Miller is the award-winning author of ten books, including the travel classics On the Border, The Panama Hat Trail, and Trading With the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro’s...
  • Fonda Bell Miller

    Fonda Bell Miller was born in Greenville, North Carolina. She has degrees in elementary education and reading education and is a former Reading Recovery teacher. After teaching for 18 years,...
  • William Miller

    William Miller is the award-winning author of numerous books for children for Lee & Low. Mr. Miller lives in York, Pennsylvania, where he teaches African American literature and creative writing...
  • Claire Louise Milne

    Claire Louise Milne was born in Ontario, Canada. Of Inuit, French Canadian, and Cree ancestry, she enjoyed researching Native American rodeo culture for this book. When she isn’t illustrating books,...
  • Ken Min

    Ken Min‘s picture book debut Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-Ji, published by Lee & Low Books, received the Picture Book Honor for Literature from the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association...
  • Daniel Minter

    Daniel Minter is the illustrator of several award-winning picture books. He is also an adjunct instructor of art at the Maine College of Art. Minter finds inspiration for his work...
  • Cinthya Miranda-McIntosh

    Cinthya Miranda-McIntosh
  • Paul Mirocha

    Paul Mirocha creates artwork noted for its combination of rich detail and emotional appeal. He has illustrated more than twenty children’s picture books and pop-ups, and his illustrations have appeared...
  • Paul Mirocha

    Paul Mirocha creates artwork noted for its combination of rich detail and emotional appeal. He has illustrated more than twenty children’s picture books and pop-ups, and his illustrations have appeared...
  • Seth Mlawski

    Seth Mlawski, formerly writing as Shana Mlawski, is a longtime writing teacher, story consultant, and script doctor. Seth’s essays and comics have been featured in Vogue, The Los Angeles Review...