Laura Skidmore

Laura Skidmore is an imaginative author of both children's fiction and general fiction who loves rhyming, adventure, and heart-warming stories!

Dr. Artika Tyner, Children's Author, Professional Speaker

Dr. Artika Tyner is a passionate educator, award-winning author, a civil rights attorney, a sought-after speaker, and an advocate for justice. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and is the founder of the Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute.

Mishel Williams, Children's Book Author

Mishel Williams, M.Ed, Children's Book Author, is the creator and author of Little Z and Firefly. She is a children's mental health advocate and educator. Working to inspire wellness strategies for all!

Priya Pasumarthy, Children's Author

Priya Pasumarthy is an award-winning author of Our Little Promise (2022) and Halloween At Luke's (2019) and resides in the Bay Area in California with her family. She won a Purple Dragonfly Book Award for Our Little Promise (2022) and a Royal Dragonfly Book Award for Halloween At Luke's (2019). She holds a Master of Science Degree in Marine Biology.

Kellie Ingram, Children's Author

Kellie Ingram enjoys reading to young people and adults. Her repertoire is wide since she writes fiction and non-fiction. Her fiction titles include middle-grade stories about new experiences and friendship.

Xolani Kacela, author, professional speaker, reader, blogger, podcaster, radio host

I enjoy reading to young people and adults. My repertoire is wide since I write fiction and non-fiction. My fiction titles include middle-grade stories about new experiences and friendship.

Zoe Nauman, Author, Professional Speaker, Editor, Journalist

Zoe Nauman has been a writer for over 25 years and has worked as a celebrity journalist and editor for the most successful and well-known publications in the world. She has been lucky enough to interview some of the biggest stars on the planet, including Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, and Dame Judi Dench. Zoe is also an accomplished feature writer, having done undercover investigations, exposes, and first-person pieces. She has contributed articles to the highest-selling newspapers in the UK, Australia, and the biggest website in the world.

Martha Joseph Watts, Children's Author, Educational Consultant, Non-Fiction Writer, Writing Instructor

Dr. Martha Joseph Watts is an author of educational non-fiction resources, and children’s fiction. She developed the Writing to Respond (WTR) process as an approach to teach writing across disciplines to grades K-12 students. She authored and published texts, workbooks, charts, and other tactile resources to facilitate the process. As a writer of children’s fiction, under the pen name, Aunty Marcella, she focuses on themes of resilience, perseverance, determination, and effective social interaction.

Carolina Cutruzzola, Children's Author

Carolina Cutruzzola is a busy mom of three and award winning children's author. She began her publishing journey in 2014 with the fun and exciting picture book series titled The Adventures of Posh Princess.

Elizabeth Cummings, Children's Author and Professional Speaker

Elizabeth Mary Cummings was born in Manchester England, grew up in Scotland and studied in Edinburgh. After completing a degree in Psychology and Business Studies, Elizabeth went on to train and work as a primary school teacher for many years in Scotland and New Zealand before moving to Australia to run a language education business.

Analynn Sardella, Children's author

Charlie & Marley's Great Discoveries was born out of the genuine experience of a mother seeking to raise her household with virtuous leadership. She aspired to see her own children flourish with fruitful relationships, honoring integrity, and overall well-rounded character.

Eboniè P. Fields, Children's Author

Eboniè P. Fields is a poet, writer, and children’s book author of the adventurous tale of Zenie and the Magical Hummingbirds and Zoey and the Magical Hummingbirds. Fields enjoys using her writing talents to create exciting and vivid stories for children of all ages to read. She has the creative talents to descriptively allow your imagination to put you inside the story, taking you on an incredible journey with her charismatic characters. Fields has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Baylor University, and a master’s in business administration with a concentration in marketing from Texas Women’s University.

Barbara Ann Mojica, Children's Author, Historian, Professional Speaker

My mission is to inspire, educate and entertain children by making learning about history fun and educational. I use a cartoon-like character, Little Miss HISTORY, to narrate adventures that explore national parks, national monuments and other sites of historical interest. I hope that families will be able to discover new ideas and experience our rich historical heritage.

Lauren Kramer-Theuerkauf, Award-winning Children's Author

In 2016, I published a children’s book about Penny and her adoption journey entitled Priceless Penny. Penny and I visit area schools where we give presentations on the importance of adopting differently-abled animals. I also speak at community events as well as at local club and organizational meetings.

Anita Iaco, Children's Author and Guest Speaker

Anita Iaco owns a preschool in North Haledon, NJ, where her little students gift her with funny, sentimental, and inspirational story ideas almost daily. Iaco tries to teach them not only about letter and numbers, but how to share, take turns and respect each other. In her book, Let's Vote! A Fruitful Election Tale, Iaco attempts to capture those messages and feelings.

April Goff Brown, Award-Winning Children's Author

In 2020, prompted to write down one big, bodacious goal for the year, April decided she would publish her book. In December 2020, I Hug You in My Heart became real. A personal story, the book was written to help children understand that even though they may not be able to spend time with their grandparents, they will always be inside their hearts.

Victoria Devine, Children's Author

I am a teacher and an anti-bullying advocate. I helped launch our elementary school's Restorative Action Committee aimed and “restoring” behavior through mentoring. I travel to elementary schools helping children realize that hurtful words become embedded into a child's head and stays there through adulthood.

Donna Sager Cowan, Children’s Middle-Grade Author, Speaker, Inspirer

As the youngest child in a large family, Donna Sager Cowan felt lost in the crowd. She entertained herself by making up stories and friends to play with. By age 5, Donna had taught herself to read, and that began her imaginative journey to dreamy castles with princes and fairy godmothers. Donna is a grandmother, random fact-finder, and encourager.t

Simone Knego, Author, keynote motivational speaker

A former CPA, turned equestrian entrepreneur, turned teacher who’s the mother of 6—3 adopted from S. Korea and Ethiopia. Simone Knego has the uncanny ability to both motivate and inspire others to be the good in the world.

Cindy C. Murray, Children's Author

I have always wanted to write books for children for one very important reason: to promote literacy. It is well known when a student is not able to read by the third grade, their odds of finishing high school are very low. I want to help children find the fun out of reading and to help them get swept away in a story that they can get lost in. I believe my three books in The Adventures of Sophie and Scottie chapter book series for ages 7 to 12 can achieve that.

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