Authors and Illustrators
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Corban Wilkin
Corban Wilkin is the recipient of the 2012 Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize for his comic But I Can’t and was nominated for the 2014 British Comics Awards in the... -
Mary Williams
Mary Williams has lived throughout the United States and Africa. She has held positions with several humanitarian organizations, including the International Rescue Committee and UNESCO. In 2000, Williams created the... -
Mary Williams
Mary Williams has lived throughout the United States and Africa. She has held positions with several humanitarian organizations, including the International Rescue Committee and UNESCO. In 2000, Williams created the... -
Lorraine Williams
Lorraine Williams is a fine artist who has also worked as a commercial art director, graphic designer, and illustrator. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in... -
Laura E. Williams
Laura E. Williams is the author of numerous award-winning picture books and middle grade novels. Born in South Korea and adopted by an American family, Williams has since lived and... -
Charlene Willing McManis
The late Charlene Willing McManis (1953-2018) was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in Los Angeles. She was of Umpqua tribal heritage and enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of... -
Jonah Winter
Jonah Winter is the author/illustrator of several picture book biographies, including Roberto Clemente: Pride Of The Pittsburgh Pirates, You Never Heard Of Willie Mays?!, and You Never Heard Of Sandy... -
William Wise
Bill Wise is an avid baseball fan, first heard about William Hoy when he was a child. Years later, after further research, Wise was inspired to bring Hoy’s remarkable story... -
Bernard Wolf
Bernard Wolf is a photojournalist known for his perceptive and sensitive photo-essays on topical issues. Since his first book was published in 1969, Wolf has gone on to photograph and... -
Nicole Wong
Nicole Wong is a full-time illustrator with a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. Her twenty-plus books include Three Lost Seeds: Stories of Becoming; No Monkeys, No... -
Michele Wood
Michele Wood is an illustrator, painter, aspiring filmmaker, colorist, clothing and jewelry designer, living in Atlanta, Georgia. She accomplished her Master in Divinity at Christian Theological Seminary, where she was... -
Blia Xiong
Blia Xiong came to the United States in 1976, fleeing war torn Laos. She settled in Seattle, and in 1976, she formed a Hmong association to preserve the traditional music,... -
Yong-Sheng Xuan
Yong-Sheng Xuan a native of Shanghai, China, began his interest in the Chinese tradition of the delicate and sometimes tedious paper-cut technique at a very young age. He studied art... -
Katie Yamasaki
Katie Yamasaki is an illustrator, author, muralist, fine artist, and teaching artist. Growing up in the “car culture” of Detroit, Yamasaki had an immediate connection to Honda’s story. Yamasaki comes... -
Margaret Yatsevitch Phinney
Margaret Yatsevitch Phinney was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She currently teaches Reading Education at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and is the author of many children’s books. Margaret remembers how... -
Ching Yeung Russell
Ching Russell grew up in mainland China and Hong Kong. She began writing letters for her relatives at the age of eight and was inspired to become a writer by... -
Russell Young
Russell Young is a professor of multicultural education and Asian studies. He has lived in Hawaii, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. This is his first story published in America. The name...
