Contributors

  • Kristi Wright

    Co-Editor and Writer

    Kristi Wright (co-editor) writes picture books and middle grade novels. Her goal as a writer is to give children a sense of wonder, a hopefulness about humanity, and a belief in their future. Represented by Kurestin Armada at Root Literary, Kristi is an active SCBWI and 12 X 12 member.

    Find her at kristiwrightauthor.com and on Twitter @KristiWrite

  • Anne-Marie Strohman

    Co-Editor, Teacher, and Podcast Host

    Anne-Marie Strohman (co-editor) writes picture books, middle grade novels, and young adult short stories and novels. She is a teacher, an editor, and a scholar. She is an active member of SCBWI and holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

    Find her at amstrohman.com
    and on Twitter@amstrwriter

  • Sarah S. Davis

    Sarah S. Davis

    Assistant and Writer

    Sarah S. Davis lives among cats and piles of books outside Philadelphia. Her writing has appeared on Book Riot, Electric Literature, and Kirkus Reviews.  Sarah is currently an MFA student in Vermont College of Fine Arts' kid lit program. She writes middle grade, YA, and verse.

    Sarah blogs at Broke By Books.

  • Erin Nuttall

    Erin Nuttall

    Writer and Podcast Host

    Erin Nuttall holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is an active member of SCBWI and ALAN. She lives outside of Chicago with her family where she writes stories for middle grade and young adult readers that offer a humorous take on friendship, identity, feminism, and romance.

    Find her on Twitter at @writingnutt.

  • Teegan Beese

    Teegan Beese

    Writer

    Tegan Beese is a writer and school librarian. She has her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and her MLIS from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Creative Writing at York St. John University. She writes in verse and in prose, and her current WIP is a historical novel-in-verse. She lives with her husband and their small zoo in the Midwest. You can find her on Instagram and Threads @teganbeesebooks and on Twitter @teegsmae

Former Contributors

  • Jen Jobart

    Jen Jobart

    Jen Jobart writes middle grade fantasy that explores environmental themes. She lives with her husband, twin boys, and cats on a permaculture farm in the California Sierra Foothills.

  • Beth Mitchell

    Beth Mitchell

    Beth Mitchell lives in the coastal mountains of Northern California with her husband and two sons. A member of the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators, she writes middle grade novels and blogs about the books she and her boys love. 

    Find her at bethmitchell.rocks

  • Lindsay Lackey

    Lindsay Lackey

    Lindsay Lackey is an author of middle grade fiction and former library services worker. She was born in Colorado, but now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their spoiled dog. ALL THE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS is her debut novel. 

    Find her at www.lindsaylackey.com

  • Becky Levine

    Becky Levine

    Becky Levine is a picture book writer living in California's Santa Cruz Mountains. Becky writes both fiction and biography. When Becky isn't writing or revising, she is probably thinking about doing one or the other. In between, she knits baby blankets and practices her drumming.

    Find her at www.beckylevine.com

  • LA Biscay

    LA Biscay

    LA Biscay writes children’s books and dances everyday, if only down the hall. LA is an active member of SCBWI. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, children, super dog, and a brood of chickens that lay green eggs. Yep. Green eggs.

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