Children's Literature

Elizabeth Acevedo is the youngest child and only daughter of Dominican immigrants. She holds a BA in Performing Arts from the George Washington University and an MFA...

Jack Andraka was just a fifteen year old Maryland high school sophomore when he invented an inexpensive early detection test for pancreatic, ovarian, and lung cancers....

Robin Benway is a National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of six novels for young adults, including Audrey, Wait!, Emmy & Oliver (HarperTeen),...

Da Chen is the author of Colors of the Mountain, a New York Times best-seller, Sounds of the River, and Brothers, which was included on the “Best of 2006” lists in...

Susane Colasanti is the bestselling and acclaimed author of When It Happens, Take Me There, Waiting for You, Something Like Fate, So Much Closer, Keep Holding On, All...

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and adults. Named one of the “25 Most Influential...

In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was an intelligence collector assigned to Marine RECON—the most elite fighters in the Corps—in a remote part of Afghanistan. While...

Elaine Hall has worn many hats in her multi-faceted and accomplished life including: the child whisperer, educator, writer, consultant, performer, international speaker,...

Nadia Hashimi is the Afghan-American author of breakout novel The Pearl that Broke Its Shell and When The Moon is Low. Hashimi has two forthcoming novels in 2016; A House...

Joyce Maynard is the New York Times best-selling author of 11 books, including her latest novel Labor Day (William Morrow). She first came to national attention with...

Patricia McCormick's riveting new book, Never Fall Down (HarperCollins), is the true story of a young Cambodian boy's struggle to survive during the reign of the Khmer...

After spending several years as a social worker in the Kansas City area, Laura Moriarty started writing her first novel, The Center of Everything, a coming of age story...

Jane O'Connor has been writing books for children for more than 35 years. At last count, the total number of titles was 60, including the wildly popular children's series...

Lauren Oliver is the author of the YA novel Before I Fall, the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into more than thirty...

Sara Shepard is the author of two New York Times bestselling series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the series The Perfectionists, Heiresses, and...

Simon Van Booy is the author of The Secret Lives of People in Love, Love Begins in Winter (winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award), Everything...