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...

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...

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 “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,...

Allen Kurzweil notes, “Without time, we cannot learn. Without time, we cannot heal.” Novelist, journalist, teacher and inventor, Kurzweil shares his unusual story...

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...

Abdi Nazemian spent his childhood in a series of exciting locations (Tehran, Paris, Toronto, New York), but could usually be found in his bedroom watching old movies...

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...

Ben Philippe is a New York-based writer and screenwriter. He is the author of the young adult novels Field Guide to the North American Teenager (Balzer + Bray), winner...

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...