2026 Authors and Illustrators

2026 AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS:

Gabbie Benda, author of Serendipity.
Julie Berry, author of If Looks Could Kill.
Brian Biggs, illustrator of The Whale's Tale and the Otter's Side of the Story.
Winsome Bingham, author of On Fridays and other picture books.
Libba Bray, author of Radio Free Texas.
Michael Buckley, author of the Weirdies series.
Kristen Mei Chase, author of You're So Brave, Gracie Wei and related books.
Matthew Cordell, author of Starman: The Cosmic Voyage of David Bowie.
Kaitlin B. Curtice, author of Autumn's Abundance.
Drew Daywalt, award-winning author of the Day the Crayons Quit and No Sam!
Angela DiTerlizzi, author of A Very Scary Book.
Tony Diterlizzi, author of A Very Scary Book.
Robin Easter, author of Middle School Monsters.
Gayle Forman, author of After Life.
Heather Fox, illustrators of Beware the Sock Monkeys!
Maddie Frost, author of Really Rubie.
Laura Genn, author of Between Sun and Shadow.
Alyson Gerber, author of The Liars Society.
Adam Gidwitz, author of Max in the Land of Lies.
Jason Douglas Griffin, author of Be the Acorn.
Gareth Hinds, illustrator of the graphic novel adaptation of The Odyssey.
Victoria Jamieson, author of the Whole Wide World of Mabel Mulligan.
Mike Jensen, author of Philly Hoops: how Philadelphia transformed basketball.
Frederick Joseph, author of Planting Hope.
Michelle Knudsen, author of Into the Wild Magic.
E.B. Lewis, award-winning illustrator.
Terri Libenson, author of the emmie & friends graphic novel series.
Katherine Locke, author of Godzilla STOMP!
Kelly Starling Lyons, author of Riding Magic (the book also illustrated by EB Lewis)
Lauren Magaziner, author of the Incorruptibles.
Kevin Maillard, author of The Ones Who Came Before.
Joanna McClintick, author of Family Found.
Susan Metallo, author of Hearts on the Table.
Richard Mercado, author of Coming Out Perfect.
N. West Moss, author of Birdy.
Daniel Nayeri, author of This Is A Door.
Robin Newman, author of Trial and Error.
Jamar Nicholas, author and illustration of Leon and the Big, Big, Problem.
Greg Pizzoli, author of When the Sun Goes Down.
Devon Rohana, author of Mister in the Stars
Emily Rosenthal, author of Leroy Has Something to Say.
Mike Sielski, author of Going the Distance: Stallone, Philly, and the Story of Rocky.
AJ Smith, author of Catnip Mouse.
Eric Smith, author of With Or Without You.
Kon Tan, author of We're All Gonna Die-nosaur!
Jonathan Stutzman, author of Beware the Sock Monkeys!
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigalow, author of Ramadan Rain.
Audrey Vernick, author of When I Redraw the World.
Diana Rodriguez Wallach, author the The Silenced.