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Topic: Children’s Books Author Panel
■ 9:00am – 9:30am Networking
■ 9:30am – 11:00am Guest Speaker
Join us for this informative panel about writing, publishing, and marketing children’s books.
Moni Ritchie Hadley is the author of MISO MAGIC (‘24), ANZU AND THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP (‘23), and THE STAR FESTIVAL (‘21), a 2022 Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year which received a starred review from the School Library Journal, and an honorary mention for the Freeman Book Award given by the National Consortium for teaching about Asia. Her work can also be found in Highlights and High Five Magazine. Find her at moniritchie.com.
Kim Dwinell is an illustrator/animator/graphic novelist and also a college professor who loves stories more than she loves the beach. Her first career was serving as a beach lifeguard, then came the career in animation, and now she has combined both of those passions into a graphic novel series: Surfside Girls. More about the author at kimdwinell.com.
Christine Van Zandt is a freelance editor, writer, and award-winning author of five nonfiction picture books. You can also find her stories and poems in anthologies and magazines. She lives in Los Angeles with her family. You can visit her website at christinevanzandt.com.