Amanda Lucidon is an award-winning documentarian, filmmaker, public speaker, teaching artist, and New York Times best-selling author. Lucidon served as an Official White House photographer responsible for documenting First Lady Michelle Obama and...
Ariel Lawhon loves to explore the lives of little-known figures from significant moments in history as well as the ambiguities behind famous characters whose full stories remain a mystery to...
Amy McGrath is a decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran turned nationally renowned politician. After serving as a combat fighter pilot, working on foreign policy in Washington, DC, and serving as a senior instructor at...
From Hamilton to Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Day poem to viral TikToks, the spoken word is undergoing a cultural revitalization—and amplifying more voices than ever. At its forefront is Alora Young,...
Mat Johnson has explored the complexities of American racial identity through satire, historical fiction, and graphic novels. Drawing on his experiences as the son of a Black mother and an...
Louis Sachar has been writing children’s books for over thirty years. He is best known for his Newbery Medal and National Book Award-winning novel Holes, which was adapted into a 2003 film...
Hailed by the New York Times as one of America’s “most intriguing, fully formed new talents,” Valerie June has been recording and performing since she was 19 years old. A...
In 2011, author Ruta Sepetys published her debut novel, Between Shades of Gray, a poignant account of Joseph Stalin’s ethnic cleansing in the Baltic countries during WWII as seen through...