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Charlotte Agell
Charlotte Agell
Charlotte Agell is the author/illustrator of many books for children, as well as a handbook for educators. Charlotte’s award include the Maine Literary Award and the Lupine Honor. A longtime teacher, she is originally from Sweden.
Tom Booth
Tom Booth
Tom Booth's middle name rhymes with broccoli. He is also an author and illustrator of books for your readers. Tom grew up just outside Philadelphia, and has spent every summer of his life in Maine. Tom graduated in NY, worked at Scholastic, and now lives with his wife and sun in Portland, Maine.
Elisa Boxer
Elisa Boxer
Born and raised in Maine, Elisa Boxer is an Emmy-winning journalist and two-time Sydney Taylor Honor author of numerous books for children. Her titles include: Hidden Hope, which won the Maine Literary Award for Best Children's Book of 2024; One Turtle's Last Straw, which won the 2024 Maine Chickadee Award; and Tree of Life, which won the Maine Lupine Honor earlier this year. She lives in Scarborough with her family, and is particularly passionate about telling true stories of unsung heroes.
Katie Coppens
Katie Coppens
"The Acadia Files" is a book series, set over each season, that combines storytelling with science. The books follow Acadia, a curious and imaginative young girl, as she explores real-world scientific concepts in her everyday life. Each chapter is a new exploration that ends with Acadia drawing about what she learns in her science notebook and an experiment that expands on her understanding.
Russ Cox
Russ Cox
Russ Cox was raised by a pack of crazed hillbillies in the backwoods of Tennessee. Without much in the way of modern conveniences, like television or running water, he spent his time drawing, whittling, and throwing dirt clods at his cousins. With the bulk of his life spent in Pennsylvania, he met his wife; became a graphic designer; played in punk, alternative, and surf bands; had two kids; and started his own illustration studio, Smiling Otis Studio (named after one of their enormous cats). Russ creates his art using digital software, primarily Clip Studio and other digital tools. He works in traditional mediums, often with a mixture of paper, pencil, pen & ink, gouache, and watercolor. Russ lives in Maine with his wife and four cats.
Betty Culley
Betty Culley
Betty Culley writes poetry and young adult and middle grade novels. Her YA verse novels are THREE THINGS I KNOW ARE TRUE (2021 Maine Literary Award for Young People’s Literature) and THE NAME SHE GAVE ME (Golden Kite Finalist) and her middle grade novels are DOWN TO EARTH (Lupine Award winner) and THE NATURAL GENIUS OF ANTS (Green Earth Book Award Long List). She lives in the small town of Mercer, Maine. Visit her website at www.bettyculley.com.
Deva Fagan
Deva Fagan
Deva Fagan (she/her) is the author of A Game of Noctis, Nightingale, The Mirrorwood and other books for young readers. She lives in Maine with her husband and her dog. When she’s not writing she spends her time reading, playing video games, doing geometry, and drinking copious amounts of tea.
Julie Falatko
Julie Falatko
Julie Falatko writes humorous books for children, including the picture book Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) and the Two Dogs in a Trench Coat chapter book series. She lives in Maine with her family.
Josh Funk
Josh Funk
Josh Funk is a software engineer and the author of books like the Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast series, How to Code a Sandcastle, Dear Unicorn, Dear Dragon, My Pet Feet, the It's Not a Fairy Tale series, Lost in the Library, and more. His books have sold more than half a million copies worldwide and been translated into a dozen languages. He has presented (and virtually presented) at over 900 schools and libraries in the last decade since his first book was released. For more about Josh, visit joshfunkbooks.com and @joshfunkbooks on socials.
Jannie Ho
Jannie Ho
Jannie Ho is an illustrator, author, and cartoonist. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Philadelphia, Jannie Ho is the author/illustrator of various books including Pumpkin and Beetle: Two Vampire Cats, The Lost Mitten and Happy Chinese New Year. She is also the illustrator of FRY GUYS, an early reader graphic novel series. Jannie is the creator of SUPER CHICKEN AND SHELLY, a regularly featured comic in Highlights for Children High Five Magazine. With a passion for visual storytelling and sequential art, she runs comic workshops for kids in libraries and schools. Jannie lives in Metrowest Boston, MA with her family. For more of her work, visit www.JannieHo.com
Fran Hodgkins
Fran Hodgkins
Fran Hodgkins grew up in Massachusetts, where she attended college to study journalism. She knew she wasn't going to be a very good reporter, but has found her niche as a children's book author. She lives in Rockport, Maine, with her family, including a dog, three cats, and a cranky rabbit.
Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Jennifer has spent three decades writing award-winning fiction and nonfiction for children. Among her titles are picture books: THIS IS MY ROOM (NO TIGERS ALLOWED) and OH, CHICKADEE!; chapter books: Andy Shane series and Twig and Turtle series; middle grade novels: SMALL AS AN ELEPHANT, PAPER THINGS, THE DOLLAR KIDS, CRASHING IN LOVE; and young adult novels: THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF WHY I HATE HER and STAINED.She serves on the faculty of the Highlights Foundation, is a board member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Association, and with colleagues Rob Costello, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Jo Knowles, founded R(ev)ise and Shine!. She lives in mid-coast Maine with her husband.
George Jreije
George Jreije
George Jreije ("jer-age") is the Lebanese American author of many books, including the acclaimed Shad Hadid fantasy series and the Bashir Boutros fantasy series, which received a Junior Library Guild's Gold Standard Selection. He is also the author of upcoming graphic novels Tarik's Bazaar Adventure as well as Lilo and the League of Librarians.
Rajani LaRocca
Rajani LaRocca
Rajani LaRocca was born in India, raised in Kentucky, and now lives in the Boston area, where she practices medicine and writes award-winning books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor winning middle grade novel in verse, Red, White, and Whole. She’s always been an omnivorous reader, and now she is an omnivorous writer of fiction and nonfiction, novels and picture books, prose and poetry. She finds inspiration in her family, her childhood, the natural world, math, science, and just about everywhere she looks. Learn more about Rajani and her books at www.RajaniLaRocca.com.
Sara Levine
Sara Levine
Sara Levine is a veterinarian, educator and award-winning author of over a dozen picture books for children.
Megan Litwin
Megan Litwin
Megan Litwin is the author of TWINKLE, TWINKLE, WINTER NIGHT (a 2023 Massachusetts Must-Read title and New England Crystal Kite finalist), the DIRT AND BUGSY series (a 2023 Cybils Award finalist), and the brand-new GATHER GRATEFUL – debuting at the Bath Book Bash! A former classroom teacher with a Master of Arts in Children's Literature from Simmons University, Megan is passionate about growing readers and spreading book love.
Dan Poblocki
Dan Poblocki
Dan Poblocki is an American author of mystery, horror, and adventure novels for young people. He is the co-author with Neil Patrick Harris of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits (writing under the pen-name Alec Azam). He's also the author of Tales to Keep You Up at Night, More Tales to Keep You Up at Night, the Shadow House series and many more. Dan writes in Saugerties, NY where he lives with two scaredy cats in a creaky old house. He's probably working on something new this very minute . . .
Scott Rothman
Scott Rothman
SCOTT ROTHMAN is a writer of picture books, screenplays, theater, and humor pieces. Scott’s debut picture book ATTACK OF THE UNDERWEAR DRAGON (Random House) and its sequel RETURN OF THE UNDERWEAR DRAGON were both National Indie bestsellers and are being developed into a musical kids TV series by Mercury Filmworks with best-selling illustrator Pete Oswald and Tony-award winning composer Bill Sherman. His most recent book KITTYBUNKPORT was featured on the TODAY SHOW and was selected by Jenna Bush Hager for her Summer Reading List. Scott’s book WARM AND FUZZY received a starred review from Booklist. Scott’s other kid’s books include the Virginia Readers’ Choice finalist BLUE BISON NEEDS A HAIRCUT and BUBBLE GUM BISON NEEDS A BATH, PARFAIT, NOT PARFAIT, MAKO & TIGER: A SHARK’S TALE and BASKETBALL TOWN. He has six more books coming out in 2026. Scott’s humor writing has appeared in The New Yorker, GQ and McSweeney’s.
Sarah Sax
Sarah Sax
Sarah Sax grew up in St. Louis on Uncle Scrooge and Sailor Moon comics. She studied storytelling and sequential imagery at Hampshire College and worked in education and gaming in the Bay Area before starting her publishing journey. She is the illustrator of the first three books in the interactive Escape This Book series, which has been translated into eight languages. She is the author and illustrator of the Brinkley Yearbooks graphic novel series which includes Picture Day, Tryouts and School Dance. Sarah lives and works in Portland, Maine with her husband and a small menagerie of pets.
Melissa Stewart
Melissa Stewart
Melissa Stewart has written more than 200 science-themed nonfiction books for children. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages and garnered such awards as the Sibert Honor, AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books, eighteen NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students, two Green Earth Book Awards, and three ALA Notables. Website: www.melissa-stewart.com
Phuc Tran
Phuc Tran
PHUC TRAN—writer, tattooer, and classicist— has a train wreck resume. His memoir SIGH, GONE won the 2020 New England Book Award and the 2021 Maine Literary Award. He has been a high school Latin teacher and tattooer for over twenty years, for which he has won no awards. Phuc’s 2012 TEDx talk was featured on NPR’s Ted Radio Hour. He has a children’s book series with bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald entitled CRANKY.
Wendy Ulmer
Wendy Ulmer
Wendy is a former music and English teacher and has written nine books for children and youth. Wendy has received the Teacher's Choice Award from Learning Magazine and the SCBWI Spark Award. She lives in Arrowsic, ME.
Chris Van Dusen
Chris Van Dusen
Chris Van Dusen is the award-winning author/illustrator of “The Circus Ship” and “BIG TRUCK Little Island.” and the illustrator of the bestselling Mercy Watson series. He is the recipient of the Lupine Award and the Katahdin Award for lifetime achievement.
Chris lives on the coast of Maine.
Andres Vera Martinez
Andres Vera Martinez
Andrés Vera Martínez is an author and illustrator whose work includes the Monster Locker series with Jorge Aguirre and the graphic memoir Little White Duck: A Childhood in China with writer Na Liu. He is the illustrator of Neal Shusterman’s Courage to Dream:Tales of Hope in the Holocaust, winner of the ALA Sydney Taylor Silver Medal. Andrés’s work has been recognized by The New York Times, School Library Journal, The Horn Book, NPR, and the Society of Illustrators. Originally from Texas, Andrés now lives in Maine with his family.
Alysa Wishingrad
Alysa Wishingrad
Alysa Wishingrad writes fantastical stories for young readers, tales that ask; is the truth really true? Her favorite stories are those that meld the historical with the fantastic, and that find ways to shine a light on both the things that divide and unite us all. She is the author of Between Monsters and Marvels, a Golden Kite Finalist, which was featured on the 2024 ALA Summer Reading list, and The Verdigris Pawn, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Alysa lives in the Hudson Valley with her family and two demanding rescue dogs, who are either monsters or marvels, depending on the day. Alysa invites you to visit her at www.AlysaWishingrad.com Twitter @agwishingrad Instagram @alysawishingradwrites
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