Doreen Rappaport Author

Doreen Rappaport has written numerous award-winning books for children, including Freedom Ship and The School Is Not White (both illustrated by Curtis James); Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Honor Book illustrated by Bryan Collier; and John's Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon, also illustrated by Bryan Collier.

Xia Gordon is an Ignatz-nominated cartoonist and illustrator living in Brooklyn, NY. She grew up in Orlando, FL, and graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in Cartooning & Illustration in 2016. She illustrates for a number of clients, including the New York Times, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic, and she is the illustrator of A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks, written by Alice Faye Duncan