Children's Literature

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),...

Steve Breen won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1998 and 2009. His syndicated editorial cartoons appears nationwide and in about 300 papers around the...

Jerry Craft is the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the graphic novel New Kid (Quill Tree Books). In 2019 New Kid became the first graphic novel to...

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...

Andrea “Andy” Gonzales is a computer programmer, feminist, and captivating public speaker. When Andy was 16, she created Tampon Run, a video game to destigmatize...

Meghan Cox Gurdon is an internationally-known children’s book critic and the author of The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction....

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 a pediatrician turned novelist who draws on her Afghan culture to craft internationally bestselling books. With translations in seventeen languages,...

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...

Laura Numeroff is the New York Times bestselling author of many beloved children’s books, including the If You Give… series, which began with If You Give a Mouse...

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...

Jason B. Rosenthal is the co-author (with his daughter Paris) of The New York Times #1 bestselling book, Dear Boy (HarperCollins). He is a foundation Board Chair, public...

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...

Darryl Strawberry is described as a legend by many who have been dazzled by the dynamics of his game, the power he possessed at the plate and the story of redemption...