Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of more than twenty books for young readers including the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy. Her work has received a plethora of honors, including dozens of starred reviews, NAACP Image Award nominations, a Coretta Scott King honor, the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction and a Christopher Award. Her work has been named to ALA Notable Books and Bank Street Best Children’s Book lists and she lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York.
Ashley Benham-Yazdani is a picture book author and illustrator. Her debut, A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park, received a Golden Kite Award and was called “mesmerizing” by the New York Times Book Review. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and son.
