Carmen Agra Deedy is a New York Times best-selling author (14 Cows for America) and nationally known storyteller. Her books have received numerous awards and honors, including a Pura Belpré Honor, Christopher, a Jane Addams Honor, and an E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor. Carmen has presented at many prestigious venues, but children are her favorite audience. Born in Havana, Cuba, she came to the United States as a refugee. She lives in Georgia.
Raúl Colón, recipient of the 2021 Eric Carle Honor, is an acclaimed illustrator of many picture books. He has been recognized with a Golden Kite Award, two Pura Belpré Awards, a gold and silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, and many others. He is the illustrator of Margarita Engle’s Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote, also published by Peachtree. Raúl was born in New York City, and moved with his parents in the 1960s to Caguas, Puerto Rico, where he studied commercial art. He now lives with his family in New City, New York.
