Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl Author

Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl is a writer with an African lens. She works at the intersection of global development and the cultural and creative industries. Born in Cambridge, MA (USA) in 1977 to Ugandan parents, she currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nansubuga has contributed to DFB's First Names series, writing books about Nelson Mandela and Beyoncé, due to be published later this year. She has also written picture books which have published with Lantana. Ken Wilson-Max is an award-winning author, illustrator, and publisher of children's books. He was born in Zimbabwe and lives in London. In 2020 his book, Astro Girl won the STEAM award for early years picture books. Of his other books, Where's Lenny? was listed in 50 Best Culturally Diverse Children's Books by the Guardian and Max Paints the House is listed in 150 Important Children's Books by African American Literature Book Club. Several of his books are included in the core books list of CLPE and BookTrust for early years education. Ken is amongst the 100 Black authors and illustrators featured in Breaking New Ground and is a mentor for the Pathways into Publishing Children's Publishing program. He has over 70 children's books in his unique illustration style published by over 15 international publishers in many languages worldwide.