Kay Healy

Fabric artist Kay Healy has created and exhibited soft sculptures of engrossed readers and their books, but she hadn’t planned on becoming a children’s book author until the idea arrived for her first graphic novel, Casey’s Cases: The Mysterious New Girl.



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DeAndra Davis

The seed for DeAndra Davis's debut YA novel All the Noise at Once was planted when her son was diagnosed with autism, and grew from other factors like the Black Lives Matter movement and interactions with the police.



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Amanda Baehr Fuller

In retrospect, Amanda Baehr Fuller's cozy picture book Bunny Made Tea represents a natural progression in her art-centric life and career.



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Xan Kaur

Newly minted bestselling author Xan Kaur hopes to set straight long-held misconceptions about South Asian America and the rural South in her gothic horror debut When Devils Sing.

 



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Stefany Valentine

Debut author Stefany Valentine's YA novel First Love Language has become a mirror for her own journey in reconnecting with her biological mother and heritage.



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