Cynthia Leitich Smith is a bestselling, acclaimed author of books
for all ages, including Here Come the Aunties!, Firefly Season,
Jingle Dancer, Indian Shoes, On a Wing and a Tear, Sisters of the
Neversea, Blue Stars: Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem (with
Kekla Magoon), Rain Is Not My Indian Name, Harvest House, and
Hearts Unbroken, which won the American Indian Youth Literature
Award. Cynthia is also the anthologist of Ancestor Approved:
Intertribal Stories for Kids, and Legendary Frybread Drive-In:
Intertribal Stories, which won the Michael L. Printz Award and the
American Indian Youth Literature Award. She has been honored with
the American Library Association's Children's Literature Lecture
Award and has been named the NSK Neustadt Laureate. She is the
author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint at
HarperCollins Children's Books, and served as the Katherine
Paterson Endowed Chair on the faculty of the MFA program in Writing
for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Cynthia is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and lives in Denton,
Texas.
Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu have illustrated many
distinguished picture books, including Jewels, by Belinda Rochelle
(Dutton), which was selected as a Notable Trade Book in the Field
of Social Studies. The couple lives in New York City with their
daughter and son.
Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu have illustrated many
distinguished picture books, including Jewels, by Belinda Rochelle
(Dutton), which was selected as a Notable Trade Book in the Field
of Social Studies. The couple lives in New York City with their
daughter and son.
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