12x12 Team

Jamie L.B. Deenihan was a first grade teacher and certified reading specialist for over a decade. After her husband was…

Jo Hart, a mum of four and former teacher with a major in Writing, lives in rural Australia and has…

Carrie Finison has been a member of 12x12 from the start. Her poems and stories have appeared in Babybug, Ladybug,…

Marie Manley Tucker is an artist, graphic designer, illustrator/author and mom. During school, she would flip her papers over and…

Kirsten W. Larson first joined 12 x 12 in 2012, and her debut picture book biography, WOOD, WIRE, WINGS (Calkins…

Ryan Roberts is a picture book writer and self-proclaimed “picture book geek".  She is also a veterinarian, who originally majored…

Teresa Robeson writes nonfiction to science fiction for all ages surrounded by her family and chickens. She was Jane Yolen's…

Michelle Cusolito is a former naturalist, teacher, and curriculum developer. She grew up in Southeastern Massachusetts and has lived in…

Kirsti Call is a homeschooling mom of five.  Her debut picture book, The Raindrop Who Couldn't Fall, came out December…

Sylvia Liu is an author-illustrator inspired by aliens, bunnies, kraken, and more. I won the 2013 Lee & Low New…

Stacy S. Jensen writes picture books and memoir. She designs websites, eats chocolate and enjoys reading a good. She volunteers…