Nell Cross Beckerman
Nell Cross Beckerman writes books for children, inspired by the magic of free play and exploration in nature. Nell has been a 12×12 member for many years and finds it an invaluable hub of information, support, and friendship. And just look at all the members’ successes! Her books include: DOWN UNDER THE PIER, explores the […]
Nadia Salomon
Nadia Salomon is the author of two forthcoming picture books. MYRLIE: A VOICE OF HOPE, a non-fiction biography of civil rights activist, Myrlie Evers Williams. This title won the 2019 SCBWI Work of Outstanding Progress Award. And she has a yet to be announced title due out in 2024. Her debut, GOODNIGHT GANESHA, is a Bank Street […]
Lindsay Leslie
A diary keeper, a journalism major, a public relations executive, now a children’s author—Lindsay Leslie has always operated in a world of written words. She likes to bring her unique outlook on life, quirky humor, and play with words to the page in picture books. Lindsay is the award-winning author of THIS BOOK IS SPINELESS (illustrated […]
Kim Chaffee
Kim Chaffee used to hold the Guinness World Record for the largest game of pick-up sticks ever played. (It’s true! Check out pg. 111 of the 2005 edition) She is a former second-grade teacher who loves coffee, chocolate, and writing picture books that kids will want to read again and again. Don’t ask her to […]
Julie Rowan-Zoch
Author, illustrator, bookseller, and activist Julie Rowan-Zoch grew up collecting freckles and chasing hermit crabs in New York, and spent years slicing rich breads in Germany before waking up to 300 days of blue Colorado skies. If she doesn’t answer the door, look in the garden! She is the illustrator of Louis, written by Tom Lichtenheld (Clarion, […]
Jess Townes
Jess Townes is a picture book author and bookseller. A lifelong storyteller, Jess has worked in public education, non-profit development, birth and lactation services, as a freelance writer, an actress, and currently works as a bookseller at Main Street Books in St. Charles, Missouri, but her favorite part of any job is the connections she […]
Heather Preusser
Heather Preusser was born and raised in Maine, went to college in Massachusetts, lived in Germany for two years, and now calls Colorado home. She writes about plucky characters finding their place, and her debut picture book, A Symphony of Cowbells, was released by Sleeping Bear Press. She has an MFA in creative writing as […]
Hannah Holt
Hannah Holt is a children’s author with an engineering degree. Her picture books weave together her love of literature and lifelong learning. They include, The Diamond and the Boy (HarperCollins), A Father’s Love (Penguin), and A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken (Macmillan). Over a decade ago, she decided to try this thing called writing […]
Chelsea Lin Wallace
Chelsea Lin Wallace is an award-winning children’s author and poet with a master’s in education. When Chelsea was little, she would hide in her closet reading Shel Silverstein and write poems (mostly about goblins and eerie bugs.) She grew up and became an elementary school teacher where she inspired kids to express themselves creatively through […]
Casey W. Robinson
Casey W. Robinson is a writer of children’s books and poetry, and the events manager for her local independent bookstore, The Silver Unicorn, in Acton, Massachusetts. She is an alum of the New England Young Writers’ Conference at Bread Loaf, and co-founder of the program’s Kindred Spirit Scholars program, which aims to help make the […]
