Illinois Reads Authors 2025

NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn. Next: The Singular Life of Aria Patel (5/13/25) Politics. Prose. Pastries.

Comics friend. Linktr.ee/lucyknisley

author of YA books THIS NIGHT IS OURS & WHEN THE STARS LEAD TO YOU copy editor • MFA • poet • traveler • cat mom • player of cozy video games • dreamer 💙✨ ronnidavis.com insta: lilrongal DA-7887-2919-3492 Steam: lilrongal

Mom of twins #KidLit Author of: A LOVE LETTER TO MY LIBRARY CROC & GATOR: Swamp Ranger School I CAN DO IT EVEN IF I'M SCARED IT BELONGS TO THE WORLD IT WILL BE OK Rep: Wendi Gu #12x12PB #Insulin4All #T1Dmom https://linktr.ee/lisakatzenberger

MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow linktr.ee/wendyparrisauthor www.wendyparris.com

Author of 30+ award-winning and bestselling children’s books including How to Explain Climate Science to a Grown-Up, Baby Loves Science, Made by Maxine, One Small Spark, and Love Grows. #STEM #kidlit #picturebooks #author https://ruthspiro.com/

Author and illustrator of books for kids! Rep’d by Teresa @ Bookmark Literary. One Cool Duck 4, Camp Out! Out now from Hippo Park and Astra Pub. https://linktr.ee/mikepetrik

Children’s author, proud Chicagoan. Author of Caldecott Honor THE NOISY PAINT BOX, & 20 more. AMERICAN SPIRITS coming 4/15!www.barbrosenstock.com

Easily distracted by everything outside of my windows. Volunteer with Wild Bird Rehabilitation-songbird hospital.

author of Code Name Verity and major procrastinator

Illustrator & Author | Agent: Thao Le | She/Her | linktr.ee/bookofkellz