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List of interviewed authors
Marzieh Abbas
Razan Abdin
Omar Abed
María Dolores Águila
Nadia Alam
Gabriella Aldeman
Alexandra Alessandri
Ty Allan Jackson
Huda Al-Marashi
Jenny Alvarado
Hatem Aly
Marcia Argueta Mickelson
Nydia Armendia-Sánchez
Erica Asante
Marcela Avelar
Tracy Badua
Arti Balan
Emily Barth Isler
Annette Bay Pimentel
Ruth Behar
Maritere Bellas
Carlotta A. Berry
V.T. Bidania
Winsome Bingham
James Bird
Valerie Bolling
Chantél and Mauli Bonner
Lynnor Bontigao
Emily Bowen Cohen
David Bowles
Alexis Bunten
Rebecca Burgess for #MCBDAutismAwareness
Kathleen Burkinshaw
Octavia Burney
Veeda Bybee
Amber Byers of Tadpole Press
Rob Cameron (pen name of Cameron Roberson)
Nat Cardozo
Ajanta Chakraborty
Ajanta Chakraborty (gender inclusive holiday book)
Maisie Chan
Alexander Chang
e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Alina Chau
Alina Chau (with Nancy Tupper Ling & Shirley Ng-Benitez)
Charlotte Cheng
Charlotte Cheng, on writing books with heart
Louie Chin
Amy Chu
Eugenia Chu
Kyle Casey Chu (AKA Panda Dulce)
Priscilla Colón
Kobina Commeh
Janet Costa Bates
Brunella Costagliola
Deedee Cummings of Make A Way Media and Louisville Book Festival
Deedee Cummings on teaching children the skills needed for tough times
Deedee Cummings cover reveal for new book
Deedee Cummings on new book, teaching “hoping” skills
Gauri Dalvi Pandya
Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori
Debasmita Dasgupta
A. M. Dassu
Margarita Engle
Federico Erebia
Federico Erebia about the Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards (PADIBA)
Femi Fadugba
Shay Fan
Reem Faruqi
Saadia Faruqi
Karin Fisher-Golton
Melanie Florence
Jay Flores
Stefanie Foster Brown
Sharon Frances
Ashley Franklin
Pierce Freelon
Josh Funk
Michael Genhart
Aya Ghanameh
Shannon Gibney
Anna Gilchrist
Laurel Goodluck
Charnaie Gordon, Here Wee Read
Dr. Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle
Dr. Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle, on instilling Black sons with love and hope
Gia Gordon
Byron Graves
Ben Gundersheimer (Mister G)
Cynthia Harmony
Janelle Harper
Akosua Harvey
Steena Hernandez
Richard Ho
Wakanyi Hoffman
Devon Holzwarth
Sivan Hong, our very first MCBD IG Live!
Sivan Hong (on writing neurodiverse picture books)
Mavasta Honyouti
Nancy Hope, Freeman Book Awards
Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, Miss Panda Chinese
Amanda Hsiung-Blodgett, on “Celebrating the Bilingual Child” Virtual Event
Diana Huang
Wade Hudson
Jordan Ifueko
Maryann Jacob Macias
Peggy Janicki
Karter Johnson, 10-year-old CEO of Popcorn and Books
Cecily Kaiser of RISE x Penguin Workshop
Adria Karlsson
Supriya Kelkar
Aya Khalil
MT Khan
Rashin Kheiriyeh
Vivian Kirkfield
Colleen Kong-Savage
London Ladd
Kaija Langley
Language Lizard with founder Anneke Forzani
Rajani LaRocca
Latinx KidLit Book Festival with Alexandra Villasante and Ismée Williams
Adriana Lebron White for #MCBDAutismAcceptance Month
Emeline Lee
Kim C. Lee
Samantha Lee
Cynthia Levinson with Mirelle Ortega
Steph Littlebird
Steph Littlebird with Violet Duncan (Classroom kit cover reveal)
Sylvia Liu
Robert Liu-Trujillo
Mariana Llanos
Christopher Lloyd of What On Earth Books
Naja Lund Aparico
Pooja Makhijani
Fawzia Mai Tung
Mónica Mancillas
Andrew Maraniss
Sherri Maret
Juana Martinez-Neal
Dr. Haleh Massey
Taraneh Matloob
Christina Matula
Aly McKnight with Rae Rose
Patrice McLaurin
Gea Meijering
Maritza M. Mejia
Kaylin Melia George
Juliet Menéndez
Christy Mihaly
Afsaneh Moradian
Charlene Mosley
Glen Mourning
Sabrina and Eunice Moyle
Susan Muaddi Darraj
Meghana Narayan
Malcolm Newsome
Shirley Ng-Benitez
Trang Nguyễn
Audrey Noguera & Taylor Margis-Noguera
Kerry O’Malley Cerra
Razeena Omar Gutta
Anna Orenstein-Cardona
Jade Orlando
Mirelle Ortega with Cynthia Levinson
Nicole Panteleakos
Crystel Patterson
Jasminne Paulino
Mitali Perkins
Anthony Perry
Katie Petruzziello of Mighty Mila
PJ Library and Purim Children’s Books
Sally J. Pla with Sivan Hong for #MCBCAutismAcceptance Month
Natasha Pollard
Cecilia Pópulus-Eudave with Stephanie Wildman
Nadine Presley
Sana Rafi
Jyoti Rajan Gopal
NoNieqa Ramos
Lisa M. Randolph
Estefanía Razo with Stephanie Wildman
Alyssa Reynoso Morris
Teresa Robeson
Carole P. Roman
Rae Rose with Aly McKnight
Rhonda Roumani
Lindsey Rowe Parker for #MCBDAutismAwareness
Isabel Roxas
Aida Salazar
Nadia Salomon
Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Shifa Saltagi Safadi on her early middle grade series
Paola Santos
Miral Sattar
Sondra Segundo
Martha Seif Simpson
Merisha Sequoia Clark
Andrew W. Shaffer
Sabrina Shah
Shirin Shamsi
Wendy Shang
Danielle Sharkan
Reesa Shayne
Traci Sorell
Chitra Soundar
Meera Sriram
Debra J. Stone
Stirred Stories with Kelsea Johnson
Lisa Stringfellow
Suma Subramaniam
Safa Suleiman
Elly Swartz
Don Tate
Stephanie Taylor
Mychal Threets (librarian)
Lakshmi Thamizhmani
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Brittany Thurman
Eric Toda
Traci N. Todd
Natasha Tripplett
Nancy Tupper Ling
Dr. Artika J. Tyner
Suzy Ultman
Richard Van Camp
Angela Velez
Padma Venkatraman
Khou Vue
James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw
Aditi Wardhan Singh
Allen R. Wells
Maria Wen Adcock (on debut picture book)
Maria Wen Adcock (on My Name Is Ai Lin)
Jen Wilde
Stephanie Wildman with Cecilia Pópulus-Eudave
Stephanie Wildman with Estefanía Razo
Dr. Valerie Williams-Sanchez of Cocoa Kids Collection
Lee Wind
Loveis Wise
Mike Yam
Kao Kalia Yang
Natasha Yim
Brian L. Young
Angus Yuen-Killick, founder of Red Comet Press
Debbie Zapata
