Authors, Illustrators & Translators
Wole Talabi
Wole Talabi is an engineer, writer, and editor from Nigeria. His novel Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon is coming from DAW Books in 2023. He likes scuba diving, elegant equations, and oddly shaped things. He currently lives and works in Malaysia.
Alejandra Oliva
Alejandra Oliva is an essayist, translator, immigrant justice advocate, and embroiderer. She is a recipient of the 2022 Creative Nonfiction Whiting Grant. Her writing has been included in Best American Travel Writing 2020, was nominated for a Pushcart prize, and was honored with an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writers Fellowship. She was the Frankie Fellow at the Yale Whitney Hummanities Center in 2022. Read more are olivalejandra.com.
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Rebecca Kai Dotlich is the author of over a dozen poetry and picture books, including Grumbles from the Forest (co-authored with Jane Yolen) and Lemonade Sun. She’s been a poetry advisor and contributing columnist for Creative Classroom and Teaching K-8, gives numerous poetry workshops, including Highlights Founders workshops, and speaks at national conferences, retreats, libraries, and schools to teachers, aspiring writers, and students of all ages. She lives near Indianapolis, Indiana.
