BRENDA LANE RICHARDSONAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Brenda Richardson is an award-winning author of several published books—fiction and non-fiction. Her novel, Chesapeake Song (Amistad Press, 1993) garnered the 1993 Pen-Oakland Award and Richardson was named 1994 Author of the Year by Go On Girl!, a national African-American book club. The novel was a Literary Guild selection.…
BETH THOMAS COHENAuthor www.beththomascohen.com/ Photo Download | Bio Download Beth Thomas Cohen was born on September 23rd, 1975 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. Her parents settled in Reston, Virginia as her father worked at the White House as Assistant Security of Health, Education & Welfare. When she was two years old, her parents…
ALICIA GASPAR DE ALBAAuthor http://www.aliciagaspardealba.net Photo Download | Bio Download A native of the El Paso/Juárez border, Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a Chicana writer/scholar/activist who uses prose, poetry, and theory for social change. She is a Professor of Chicana/o Studies, English, and Women’s Studies at UCLA, where she also served as the Chair of the Cesar E. Chávez Department of…
Biography Born and raised in Evanston, a Chicago suburb, Sam Weinberg is the son of a psychologist and former probation officer. He attended Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois before moving alone to the Middle East at the age of 17 to study peace-building diplomacy on the border of Israel-proper and the West Bank…
TRAVIS NEWSOMEAuthor www.TRAVISNEWSOME.com Photo Download | Bio Download Travis Newsome, also known as the “Zen master” and the “Wizard of OZ,” is a three-time Dominoes World Champion and a professional domino consultant/player and coach who has taught some of the world’s best players. He was introduced to the game as a child growing up in…
JACK JOKINENAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Jack Jokinen is a technology professional, comedian, blogger, podcaster, and author, known for his appearances with Barstool Sports, Bronx Pinstripes, WFAN, Fox Sports and YES Network, as “JJ”. On December 13th, 2019 Jack and his wife had just welcomed their daughter a month earlier when he took his…
KIM TAYLORAuthor materialgirlstoryquilts.com Photo Download | Bio Download Kim Taylor is a textile artist, Speech-Language Pathologist and administrator at a school for the Deaf. Her acclaimed story quilts have been on exhibit at an African American Museum on Long Island, a local Mayor’s office and many other venues. Her debut book, A Flag for Juneteenth,…
NADHIRA SATRIAAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Nadhira Satria is an Indonesian writer of young adult fiction. She has enjoyed writing since she was young, and started to write books at the age of fourteen. She is currently attending university as a Psychology major. When she is not writing, you can find her reading a…
VICTORIA SCOTT-MILLERAuthor www.victoriascottmiller.com Photo Download | Bio Download Victoria Scott-Miller is an award-winning author, entrepreneur, and global thought leader based in Raleigh, North Carolina. As the owner of Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, her groundbreaking work has been featured in major media outlets such as the Washington Post, Good Morning America,…
JULISA MARCEL-CLARKEAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Julisa Marcel-Clarke grew up in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, where she nurtured her love for reading and writing from a young age. Throughout high school and college, she was an active patron of the arts, participating in poetry and writing competitions, and acting in plays at church…
