Chantel Acevedo
Born in Miami to Cuban parents, Chantel Acevedo is the author of adult novels, including The Distant Marvels. Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse (Balzer + Bray), her debut middle grade novel is an action-packed fantasy …
Born in Miami to Cuban parents, Chantel Acevedo is the author of adult novels, including The Distant Marvels. Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse (Balzer + Bray), her debut middle grade novel is an action-packed fantasy …
Renée Ahdieh is the author of The Beautiful, Flame in the Mist, and Smoke in the Sun as well as the #1 New York Times bestselling The Wrath and the Dawn and its sequel, The Rose and the …
Ayad Akhtar is a novelist and playwright. He is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Ayad …
Rumaan Alam is the author of Rich and Pretty, and That Kind of Mother. His writing has appeared in various publications including The New York Times, Elle, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Review …
Anika Aldamuy Denise first heard the stories of Pura Belpré from her titi Rose, who, like Pura’s family, enjoyed sharing the treasured folklore of Puerto Rico. Today, Anika is the celebrated …
Elizabeth Alexander is a decorated poet, playwright, essayist, and educator. She is the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as well as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets …
Kwame Alexander is the author of 37 books, The Undefeated, How to Read a Book, Swing, Rebound and his middle grade novel, The Crossover. As the host of the new kid’s television program, WordPlay, …
Kazim Ali is a poet, editor, and prose writer born in the United Kingdom to Muslim parents of Indian, Iranian and Egyptian descent. He has written several volumes of poetry, including Sky …
Preston L. Allen is the author of the short story collection Churchboys and Other Sinners and the novels Every Boy Should Have a Man, All or Nothing and Jesus Boy. His short stories have appeared in numerous …
ISABEL ALLENDE won worldwide acclaim in 1982 with the publication of her first novel, The House of the Spirits. Since then, she has authored twenty-five bestselling and critically acclaimed books, which have …