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Illustrators 

Susan Kathleen Hartung, picture books
Ryan Hipp, picture books
Diana Magnuson, picture books, easy readers
Lori McElrath-Eslick, picture books
Cyd Moore, picture books

Author-Illustrators  

Ruth McNally Barshaw, illustrated middle grade novels
Mark Crilley, middle grade novels, comics
Leslie Helakoski, picture books
Kevin Kammeraad, poetry/picture books
Neal Levin, author/illustrator/cartoonist
Wong Herbert Yee, picture books, board books  


Authors

Kathryn Madeline Allen, picture books

Karen Bell-Brege, middle-grade novels

Crystal Bowman, picture books, poetry, middle grade novels
Valerie B. Scho Carey, picture books
Steven Lee Climer, fantasy novels 
Kim Delmar Cory, historical novels
Shutta Crum, picture books, novels 
Kelly Dipucchio, picture books
Jean Alicia Elster, picture story books, middle grade novels
Rhonda Gowler Greene, picture books
Renee Hand, middle grade novels
Monica A. Harris, picture books, easy readers
Yvonne Healy, author/storyteller
Janet Ruth Heller, poetry for periodicals
Christine Kole MacLean, picture books, middle grade
Tara Michener, picture books
Shirley Neitzel, picture books, middle grade
Kristin Wolden Nitz, novels & non-fiction 
Denise Rodgers, poetry
Alan St. Jean, picture books, chapter books

Nancy Shaw, picture books

Buffy Silverman, nonfiction picture books, poetry

Michael Spradlin, novels, picture books
Sue Stauffacher, folktales, novels
Debbie Taylor, picture books 
Christine Tricarico, picture book, poetry, periodicals
Hope Vestergaard, picture books
Lisa Wheeler, poetry, picture books, and easy readers 
Carolyn White, picture books, adult folklore
Brenda Shannon Yee, picture books
 

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-updated 14 October 2009-