Catriona McPherson

Catriona McPherson was born in the village of Queensferry in southeast Scotland and left Edinburgh University with a PhD in linguistics. Her historical fiction has been shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Award and longlisted for Theakston's…
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Jasmin Darznik

JASMIN DARZNIK is the New York Times bestselling author of three books, most recently The Bohemians. Her personal essays have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. She is chair and associate professor of the…

Ashara Ekundayo

Ashara Ekundayo is a queer Black feminist interdisciplinary independent curator, cultural theologian, writer and consultant whose creative arts practice utilizes joy-informed pedagogies to reimagine collective liberation strategies. She is the…
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Elaine Tai

Elaine Tai (she/her) is a librarian with strong interests in social justice and lifelong learning, and has been lucky to engage with wonderful authors, artists, activists, and others because of the reach of libraries. She is often motivated…

Sharon McKellar

Sharon McKellar has been a librarian with the Oakland Public Library for two decades and currently supervises Teen Services across the library system. She has served on local, state, and national boards and committees including the 2015 Randolph…

Shuli de la Fuente-Lau

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Nick Medina

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Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí

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Bay Area Children’s Theatre

Bay Area Children’s Theatre is an award-winning theatre company serving youth through educational programming and family entertainment across the United States.

David Barstow

David Barstow, a former senior writer at the New York Times and the first reporter to win four Pulitzer Prizes, is the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism and head of investigative reporting at the UC Berkeley…