Fall 2019

Isol’s work as an illustrator has been internationally recognized with a Golden Apple Award (2003) and her selection as a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in both 2006 and 2007. In 2013 she was honored with the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), one of the most prestigious distinctions in children’s literature. She is the illustrator—and in many cases also the author—of twenty-six titles published in more than a dozen languages. She is also a singer of classical and pop music.

Oliver Jeffers is an artist and author whose critically acclaimed picture books have been translated into more than forty languages and sold over ten million copies worldwide. His artwork has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Palais Auersperg in Vienna. Jeffers has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award, a Bologna Ragazzi Award, an Irish Book Award, and a United Kingdom Literary Association Award. His seventeenth book, The Fate of Fausto (Philomel, 2019), is forthcoming.

Michelle Tea is the author of more than a dozen works of poetry, fiction, and memoir, including the essay collection Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions and Criticisms, winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Speilvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. She is the founder and creator of Drag Queen Story Hour and many other literary interventions.

JooHee Yoon contributes regularly to publications such as the New York Times and the New Yorker, in addition to working on books, advertising, and various other projects. She has taught illustration and printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, along with giving talks, workshops, and exhibiting original pieces both in the US and abroad. Her latest picture book, Up Down Inside Out (Enchanted Lion, 2019), is forthcoming.

Carson Ellis is the author and illustrator of the best-selling picture books Home (Candlewick, 2015) and Du Iz Tak? (Candlewick, 2016). She has illustrated a number of books for kids including The Mysterious Benedict Society (Little, Brown, 2008) by Trenton Lee Stewart, The Composer Is Dead (HarperCollins, 2009) by Lemony Snicket, and The Wildwood Chronicles series by her husband, Colin Meloy. She is also the illustrator-in-residence for Colin’s band, The Decemberists, and received Grammy nominations in 2016 and 2018 for their album art design.