From exploring her rich experience of having a mother and grandmother from two different cultures to celebrating the roots and rhythms of gospel music, Toyomi Igus infuses her work with meaning. A former editor and publications director for UCLA’s Center for African-American Studies, Igus has been writing for kids since the early ’90s. Her mission as a children’s book author is to “generate work that [ Read the full article… ]
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Day 2: Randy DuBurke
Randy DuBurke began his art career at the age of 6, drawing pictures of Batman and Star Trek. When he grew up, he became a fine artist and commercial illustrator, drawing pictures of—you guessed it—comic book characters! Among comics fans, Randy is best known for his works with D.C. and Marvel comics, and notably for [ Read the full article… ]
Day 1: Ebony Joy Wilkins
For the first year, in BBS’ short history, there were more YA authors submitted than any other children’s sub-genre. For our regular visitors and for YA authors of color this is a BIG deal. Four years ago we had to beg, borrow and make-up YA authors. I’m just kidding about that last thing. But we [ Read the full article… ]