RUTH WHITE is the author of many acclaimed books for children, including the Newbery Honor Book Belle Prater’s Boy and, most recently, Way Down Deep, a Booklist Editors’ Choice. She lives in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania.   more

EDUARDO F. CALCINES was born in Cuba in 1955 and immigrated to America at age fourteen. He is now a business owner, community activist, and news consultant. He lives in Tampa, Florida. This is his first book. more

Claudia Mills is the author of Losers, Inc.; You're a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman; Lizzie at Last; Alex Ryan, Stop That!; and many other books for young readers. She lives in Boulder,Colorado. more

Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling books for young readers, including The Ghost of Fossil Glen, Wild Life, Signal, and Weasel. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and... more

Nancy Hope Wilson is the author of Becoming Felix, which Kirkus Reviews called a "sensitive and beautifully told tale." She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Marcy D. Ramsey is a popular children's book illustrator. She lives in Chestertown, Maryland. more

Valerie Hobbs is the author of many acclaimed books for young adults, including Sonny’s War, which appeared on Fanfare, The Horn Book’s Honor List, and Tender. She lives in Santa Barbara, California. more

THOMAS COCHRAN is the author of Roughnecks. He lives in West Fork, Arkansas. more

MAVIS JUKES has written numerous acclaimed books for children, including Blackberries in the Dark and Like Jake and Me, a Newbery Honor Book. She lives in Sonoma County, California. more

MAURINE F. DAHLBERG is the author of Escape to West Berlin, an NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and two other novels for young readers. She lives in Springfield, Virginia.  more

Barbara O'Connor is the author of several noteworthy books for children, including Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia and Moonpie and Ivy. She lives in Duxbury, Massachusetts. more

A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting, The Eyes of the Amaryllis, Kneeknock Rise and many other brilliantly original books for young people. She began her career in 1966 as the illustrator of The... more

Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling books for young readers, including The Ghost of Fossil Glen, Wild Life, Signal, The Missing Manatee, and Weasel. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable... more

RUTH WHITE is the author of many award-winning books for children and young adults, including the Newbery Honor Book Belle Prater’s Boy and its sequel, The Search for Belle Prater. She lives in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania. more

Jack Gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middle-grade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. His works include Hole in My Life, a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a... more

Helen Recorvits’s first book, Goodbye, Walter Malinski, was an NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. She lives in Glocester, Rhode Island. more

NANCY RUTH PATTERSON has written three other novels for children, including A Simple Gift. She lives in Roanoke, Virginia. THOMAS F. YEZERSKI has written and/or illustrated many books for young readers, among them Jane Cutler’s Rose and Riley books. He lives in Rutherford,... more

Mary Ann Rodman lives in Alpharetta, Georgia. This is her first book, based on her own childhood experience. more

Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling books for young readers, including The Ghost of Fossil Glen, Wild Life, The Missing Manatee, and Weasel. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable... more