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Author Illustrators  

Leslie Helakoski, picture books

Kevin Kammeraad, poetry/picture books

Wong Herbert Yee, picture books, board books

Authors

Kathryn Madeline Allen, picture books

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

Rhonda Gowler Greene, picture books

Monica A. Harris, picture books, easy readers

Janet Ruth Heller, poetry for periodicals

Christine Kole MacLean, picture books, middle grade

Shirley Neitzel, picture books, middle grade

Kristin Wolden Nitz, novels & non-fiction

Denise Rodgers, poetry

Nancy Shaw, picture books

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

Illustrators  

Susan Kathleen Hartung, picture books

Ryan Hipp, picture books

Diana Magnuson, picture-story/early readers, educational

Lori McElrath-Eslick, picture books

Cyd Moore, picture books