Panel: Scholastic Graphix 15th Anniversary Celebration

Shannon Wright is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Virginia. She illustrated My Mommy Medicine by Edwidge Danticat, and some of her clients include the Guardian, TIME, the New York Times, NPR, and Google. Visit her online at shannon-wright.com.

Tui T. Sutherland is the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Wings of Fire series, the Menagerie trilogy, and the Pet Trouble series, as well as a contributing author to the bestselling Spirit Animals and Seekers series (as part of the Erin Hunter team). In 2009, she was a two-day champion on Jeopardy! She lives in Massachusetts with her wonderful husband, two awesome sons, and two very patient dogs. To learn more about Tui’s books, visit her online at tuibooks.com.

Maria Scrivan is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning syndicated cartoonist. Her debut graphic novel, Nat Enough, was released in April 2020, and the follow-up, Forget Me Nat, in the following September. Maria’s laugh-out-loud comic, Half Full, appears daily in newspapers nationwide and on gocomics.com. Her cartoons have appeared in MAD Magazine, Parade, Highlights, Wired and many other publications. She also licenses her work for hundreds of greeting cards. Learn more at mariascrivan.com or follow her on social media @mariascrivan.

Tom Angleberger is the author of the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Star Wars Origami Yoda series, as well as Marvel’s Rocket and Groot series. He is also the author-illustrator of Fake Mustache and Horton Halfpott, both Edgar Award nominees, and the Qwikpick Papers series. Geronimo Stilton is the publisher of The Rodent’s Gazette, Mouse Island’s most famouse newspaper. In his spare time, Mr. Stilton enjoys collecting antique cheese rinds, playing golf, and telling stories to his nephew Benjamin. He lives in New Mouse City, Mouse Island. In The Sewer Rat Stink (Scholastic Paperbacks) a stinky smell is taking over New Mouse City! No mouse can live like this! Geronimo and his best friend Hercule, the private detective, head underground into the sewer world of Mouse Island to investigate. Can they save the city from the stench? ? Author, cartoonist, and illustrator Dav Pilkey called it “Fresh, funny, and fast-paced. The free-style artwork and anything-goes story will make kids want to write and draw their own books!”

Chris Grine is the creator of Chickenhare and Time Shifters. He’s been making up stories since he was a kid, and not just to get out of trouble with his parents. Nowadays, Chris spends most of his time writing and illustrating books, drinking lots of coffee, and sleeping as little as possible. He spends his free time with his wife, playing with his kids, watching movies, and collecting action figures (but only the bad guys).