Alumni Authors 2026
Julie Fogliano is the New York Times- bestselling author of books for children. She is the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats Award, a two time Horn Book Award Honoree and the Claudia Lewis award for poetry. Her books have been translated into more than 10 languages. Julie lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and three children. When she is not folding laundry or wondering what to make for dinner, she is staring out the window waiting for a book idea to fly by. (from https://juliefogliano.com/about)
Angela Dominguez was born in Mexico City and grew up in North Texas. She now resides on the east coast with her boyfriend, Kyle, and their petite dog, Petunia.
She is also the author and illustrator of several books for children including the beloved Stella Díaz series. She is a New York Times Bestseller, Sid Fleischman winner, and a two-time Pura Belpré Illustration Honoree. Her books have garnered acclaim from the New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Best Picks from Amazon, and several State reading lists.
Her latest books include the third Lolo & Birdie book, I Want More! ¡Quiero más!, and Gabby Torres Gets a Billion Followers. Gabby is Angela’s debut into the world of comics and mischief.
As a child, she loved reading books and making a mess creating pictures. She’s delighted to still be doing both. (from https://www.angeladominguezbooks.com/about)
Ben Hatke is the author and illustrator of over a dozen books including the #1 New York Times bestselling Zita the Spacegirl trilogy, the Eisner award winning Little Robot, and the picture books Julia’s House for Lost Creatures and Nobody Likes a Goblin.
His most recent work includes 2023’s Reynard’s Tale, a richly-illustrated folkloric trickster tale for adults, and the graphic novel Things in the Basement, which was hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a fantastical, dreamily atmospheric katabasis.”
Ben lives, works, and practices archery in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. He is always happy in a canoe. (from https://benhatke.com/)
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Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty award-winning books for children, teens, and adults, including Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award, Courage to Dream, a Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Scythe, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, the Unwind Dystology, which won more than thirty domestic and international awards, and the highly acclaimed novels, Dry, and Roxy which he co-wrote with his son, Jarrod For his body of work, Neal won the 2024 Margaret A. Edwards Award, and the ALAN Lifetime Achievement Award. His novel, Unwind, has become part of the literary canon in many school districts across the country-and has won more than thirty domestic and international awards. Many of his novels are in development as TV series and movies. (from https://www.storyman.com/about)
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