Authors and Illustrators

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  • Della Ross Ferreri

    Della Ross Ferreri was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She enjoys writing stories for young readers and also works part-time as a French teacher. Della lives in Hyde Park, New...
  • Susan L. Roth

    Susan L. Roth‘s vibrant mixed-media collage illustrations have appeared in numerous outstanding picture books, including Parrots Over Puerto Rico, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal; Prairie Dog...
  • Stephanie Roth Sisson

    Stephanie Roth was born in Frankfurt, Germany. She knew she wanted to be an illustrator since she was in second grade and wrote a story called “I Want to Be...
  • Lynn Rubright

    Lynn Rubright is a professional storyteller who has taught many storytelling courses over the past twenty years. She is the recipient of the Circle of Excellence Award from the National...
  • Ana Ruiz Blanch

    Ana Ruiz is a self-taught painter, writer and sculptor. She has also designed theater sets and organized art workshops for young people. Born in Barcelona, Spain, she now lives in...
  • Katheryn Russell-Brown

    Katheryn Russell-Brown is the award-winning author of several children’s picture books, including Little Melba and Her Big Trombone and She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm. When...
  • Wellington D. Sadler

    Sonia Sadler was an illustrator and a fine artist who focused on depicting the cultures, lives, and stories of peoples of African descent. Her book, Seeds of Change, earned her...
  • Sonia Lynn Sadler

    Sonia Sadler was an illustrator and a fine artist who focused on depicting the cultures, lives, and stories of peoples of African descent. Her book, Seeds of Change, earned her...
  • Benjamin Alire Sáenz

    Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an award-winning novelist, poet, and writer of children’s books. His many acclaimed titles include the picture books A Gift from Papá Diego, The Dog Who Loved...
  • Judy Sakaguchi

    Judy Sakaguchi was born in Japan and graduated from California State University at San Jose. She had an early interest in art, which was nurtured by her mother, who is...
  • Joe Sam

    Joe Sam is a published illustrator of children’s books.
  • Sandra Samatte

    Sandra Samatte, Anishinaabe, member of Ne-biimiskonaan (Skownan) First Nation, Treaty 2 Territory. Sandra has a Bachelor of Education degree. She is an Author and is currently the CEO of Indigenous...
  • Luis San Vicente

    Luis San Vicente is an artist and author based in Mexico City. He has illustrated more than fifty children’s books for publishers all around the world, including Mexico, the US,...
  • Mary Louise Sanchez

    Mary Louise Sanchez is a retired schoolteacher and librarian. The Wind Called My Name, her debut novel, is based in part on her family history, particularly the life of her...
  • Anita Sanchez

    Anita Sanchez is a writer who lives in the wilds of upstate New York, where she listens for red-tailed hawks in the backyard. Many years of teaching outdoor classes have...
  • Enrique O. Sanchez

    Enrique O. Sanchez has illustrated numerous award winning children’s books, including Lee & Low’s Abuela’s Weave, Amelia’s Road, and Confetti. A native of the Dominican Republic, he splits his time...
  • Karen Sandler

    Karen Sandler is the author of the Tankborn trilogy as well as seventeen novels for adults and several short stories and screenplays. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as...
  • Lisa Sandlin

    Lisa Sandlin was born in Beaumont, Texas, and grew up in oil-refinery air, sixty miles from the Gulf of Mexico. She raised a son in Santa Fe, New Mexico, then...
  • Chiori Santiago

    Chiori Santiago was an accomplished journalist who wrote for national magazines about the art, music and family life of people from many parts of the world. Always active in community...