FACULTY

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

DON TATE, Award-Winning Author-Illustrator

IN PERSON FACULTY

KIRK BENSHOFF, Art Director

First Second and 23rd Street (Macmillan)

KAYLA CICHELLO, Agent

Upstart Crow

ANOOSHA SYED, Author-Illustrator

RUQAYYAH DAUD, Senior Editor

Little Brown Books for Young Readers

JACKIE KRUZIE, Agent

Focused Artists

ROMY NATALIA GOLDBERG, Author

VANESSA AGUIRRE, Editor

St. Martin's Press

JEMISCOE CHAMBERS-BLACK, Agent

Starling Literary + Media

KAT FAJARDO, Author-Illustrator

AZ HACKETT, Assistant Editor

Viking Children’s

BRITTA JENSEN, Author

VIRTUAL FACULTY

AMY BISHOP-WYCISK, Agent

Trellis Literary Management - Represents YA

SIDNEY BOKER, Agent

InkWell Management - Represents YA

ANJANETTE BARR, Agent

Dunham Literary - Represents ALL kidlit categories

MENTORS

DONNA JANELL BOWMAN, Author

Picture Book Mentor

EVAN GRIFFITH, Author

Middle Grade Mentor

DANA SWIFT, Author

Novelist Mentor