A.M. Davila writes post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction for both a YA and adult audience. When not writing, she teaches Social Studies to high school students in New York. The worlds she creates are at once both fantastical and eerily plausible. Her characters may seem familiar because, as a teacher and observer of humanity, Davila creates characters based on life. Each could be someone you know. Davila resides with her husband, two daughters, and lap dog in the Hudson Valley and enjoys traveling and enjoying the outdoors when she can. www.amdavila.com

3 Fun Facts

1. I was inspired to write this book while stuck in a torrential downpour outside of a church on my way to work.
2. One of the characters is inspired by a former student.
3. The dog is inspired by my neighbor’s dog and we now consider him to be famous!

Jacky Davis and David Soman are the co-creators of the bestselling LADYBUG GIRL series and AGENT LION books, and have created a number of other book with other collaborations. David is a long time teacher at the School of Visual Arts and a fine artist. Jacky works at Postmark Books in their small town of Rosendale. blackpolka.com and davidsoman.com

Awards

Bank St. Best Books of the Year- 2020 Humor- AGENT LION, Coretta Scott King Awards, WHEN I”M OLD WITH YOU, Ezra Jack Keats Award, TELL ME A STORY MAMA

3 Fun Facts

1.  We are serious about fun.
2. We are dog people who think dogs can teach us a lot more than we can teach them.
3. In some of David books he draws animals in pants.

Corinne Demas is the award-winning author of thirty-eight books, including numerous picture books (The Perfect Tree, Saying Goodbye to Lulu, The Littlest Matryoshka, The Disappearing Island,, novels (The Road Towards Home), and a memoir (Eleven Stories High, Growing Up in Stuyvesant Town).  She is the co-author, with Artemis Roehrig, of The Grumpy Pirate,  Are Pirates Polite?,  Do Doodlebugs Doodle? Amazing Insect Facts, Does a Fiddler Crab Fiddle?, and Do Jellyfish Like Peanut Butter? Amazing Sea Creature Facts. She is a professor Emerita of English at Mount Holyoke College and lives in Western Massachusetts and on Cape Cod.  www.corinnedemas.com

Awards
Two National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award (Saying Goodbye to Lulu), Finalist, Massachusetts Book Award, (The Disappearing Island), California Reading Association Silver Eureka Award (Do Doodlebugs Doodle? Amazing Insect Facts) Best Fiction for Young Adults nomination Young Adult Services Association, ALA,  MassBook Awards “Must Read” YA list, Society of School Librarians International Book Awards Honor Book  (Everything I Was), Selected for “Books for the Teen Age” by The New York Public Library (If Ever I Return)  Selected by the Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education (starred )“Best Children’s Books for the Year”  (The Disappearing Island) and The Boy Who was Generous with Salt),   Wyoming Library Association’s Buckaroo Book Award  Winner, Best Book Award Gold Seal from the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio (Saying Goodbye to Lulu

3 Fun Facts

1. I have two miniature donkeys
2. Two of my picture books have a character name Nina.
3. I once found a note in a bottle that had washed up on the beach.

Debbie Dadey is the author and co-author of 182 traditionally published children’s books, including the Adventures of the Bailey School Kids and Mermaid Tales series. She has lived in many places, looking for monsters and mermaids, and now resides in New Hampshire were she may have spotted the Abominable Snowman recently.  debbiedadey.com

Awards

ABC Best Books for Children, Publishers Weekly Bestseller, Nerdy Best Comic Book of the Year, Educational Paperback Association’s Top 100 Children’s Authors, One of Scholastic’s Top Three Best-selling series of all time, Mighty Girls Booklist, and Starred Review School Library Journal.

3 Fun Facts

1. Met the Fonz.
2. Stood beside Alice Cooper and Mohammed Ali at different airports.
3. Fell out of an airplane on purpose to write a story.

Barbara Dee is the award-winning author of fifteen middle grade novels published by Simon & Schuster, including Tear This Down, Unstuck, Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet, Violets Are Blue, My Life in the Fish Tank, Maybe He Just Likes You, Star-Crossed and Halfway Normal. Her books have been named to many best-of lists, including the Washington Post’s Best Children’s Books of the Year, the ALA Notable Children’s Books, the ALA Rise List, the ALA Rainbow List Top Ten, and SLJ’s Best Books of the Year. She lives in Chappaqua, NY. www.BarbaraDeeBooks.com.

Awards

Winner of the 2024 Rip Van Winkle Award from the School Library Media Specialists of Southeastern NY; Winner of New Jersey’s 2024 Garden State Book Award, Grades 6-8; Washington Post’s Best Children’s Books of the Year; ALA Notable Children’s Books; ALA Rainbow List Top Ten; School Library Journal Best Books of the Year: Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year

3 Fun Facts

1. I’m a diehard Yankees fan.
2. I’m obsessed with the band Radiohead.
3. When I write I have to eat a specific type of cookie. My local grocery store doesn’t always have them, so sometimes I have to order them online.