Authors and Illustrators
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Ednah New Rider Weber
EdNah New Rider Weber “Wolf Clan Woman,” is a respected Native American elder and storyteller. She was born into the Skidi band of the Pawnee Nation and raised on the... -
Barbara Newkirk
Barbara J. Newkirk was born in New York City, where she now works as a reading teacher in an elementary school. This is her first book for beginning readers, and... -
Lesléa Newman
Lesléa Newman is the author of eighty books for readers of all ages. She has received numerous awards for her work, including two Stonewall Book Award Honors, two National Jewish... -
Shirley Ng-Benitez
Shirley Ng-Benitez is a Bay Area children’s book author/illustrator who has illustrated 35+ children’s books, and has a background in Graphic Design (GabbyandCo.com), and hand-lettering (American Greetings, Inc.). She works... -
Doan Phuong Nguyen
Doan Phuong Nguyen was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States when she was in elementary school. Her debut middle grade novel Mèo and Bé was praised by... -
Youme Nguyen Ly
Youme grew up loving stories. She has lived and worked as a community artist in New York, New Haven, Miami, Woods Hole, San Francisco, Kenya, Japan, Lao P.D.R., Vietnam, St.... -
Dorinda Nicholson
Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson was born in Hawai’i and was an eyewitness to the attack on Pearl Harbor when she was six years old. She believes it is her mission to... -
Sandra Nickel
Sandra Nickel makes her children’s book debut with Nacho’s Nachos. She says that story ideas are everywhere; you just have to reach out and grab them. She is a two-time... -
William Nikola
W. Nikola-Lisa is the author of numerous award-winning children’s books, among them Bein’ with You This Way, Summer Sun Risin’, and My Teacher Can Teach Anyone!, all published by Lee... -
Rick Noguchi
Rick Noguchi and his wife, Deneen Jenks, are a husband and wife team who live in Culver City, California. Noguchi was formerly an administrator at the Japanese American National Museum... -
Michael Northen
Michael Northen edits Wordgathering, A Journal of Disability and Poetry and coordinates the annual Inglis House Poetry Contest for disability-related poetry. For over 40 years, he has taught adults with... -
Anne Sibley O’Brien
Anne Sibley O’Brien was raised in South Korea from the time she was seven years old. She now works full time as a writer and illustrator of children’s books and... -
Alexis O’Neill
Alexis O’Neill is the author of the highly acclaimed Loud Emily (Simon & Schuster), and The Recess Queen (Scholastic), a Junior Library Guild selection. She also works as an instructor... -
Beto O’Rourke
Beto O’Rourke is currently a candidate in the 2022 race for Texas Governor. A fourth-generation El Pasoan, he previously ran a widely popular campaign for Senate, served three terms in... -
Tracy Occomy Crowder
Tracy Occomy Crowder is an avid mystery lover and community organizer. She has worked to address issues of racial equity across Illinois for the past thirty years, particularly in education,... -
Claudia Oemer
Claudia Oemer is a German Ecuadorian translator based in Quito. She has worked in translation for more than a decade in the academic, literary, and business realms. She is trilingual... -
Fernando Olivera
Fernando Olivera is an internationally acclaimed painter who lives in Oaxaca, Mexico. He was fascinated with the story of Lucia Zenteno ever since he first heard it from his close... -
Therese On Louie
Therese On Louie makes her picture book debut with Raymond’s Perfect Present. She currently teaches ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) in the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland....
