 Megan Woodward is a children's author and comedy writer with an MFA in screenwriting (UCLA). She loves all things food and humor related, which is why she can often be found laughing with her mouth full. She cannot whistle, but she CAN make a sound like a baby dinosaur (or so she believes). She lives with her son and two cats in Portland, Oregon, where it rains all the time. More...
 Sydney Langford (they/them) is a queer, Deaf-Hard of Hearing, and physically disabled author who resides in Portland. Their YA debut novel, The Loudest Silence, was released in 2024. Sydney's stories reflect the diverse world we live in—rom-coms about quirky, disabled teens and contemporaries that feature queer joy. More...
 Kay Jennings started a new chapter in her life as a published author in 2019 when she created the Port Stirling Mystery series. In 2023, she was selected as a Killer Nashville Top Pick and won the Writer’s Digest best self-published book in the Mystery/Thriller category for 2024. She now writes full-time. More...
 Steph Littlebird is an artist, author, curator, and enrolled member of Oregon’s Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes. She earned her BFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in Portland, Oregon, and currently lives and works in the Pacific Northwest. More...
 Aeon Timaeus Crux is an independent philosopher and the founder of The Open Ground Society. Aeon is the architect of Perpetualism, the world's first post-quantum philosophy. His work addresses the fundamental inadequacies in Western philosophical architecture. More...
 Author-illustrator Ana Velez grew up in Quito, Ecuador, “helping” her crafty Abuela with art projects. With a degree in fine art, she journeyed into the graphic design world. But it was a teaching position that sparked her passion and Master’s degree in Special Education. She’s been learning from neuro-divergent children ever since as an early childhood specialist. More...
 Cidney Swanson is an award-winning sci-fi and fantasy author who writes for YA readers that crave wholesome adventures with tenacious heroines who face impossible odds. Her awards include the 2014 SCBWI Spark Honor and Kirkus Reviews Best of 2012 for SAVING MARS. Her most recent series, The Five Kingdoms Chronicles, was published by Williams Press in 2024. More...
 Elizabeth Rusch writes propulsive stories both true and fictional on topics as diverse as democracy and dog heroes, climate change and color, equal pay and asteroids. Her writings on vital, high-interest topics pose essential questions and celebrate human ingenuity and the power of collective action. More...
 Stephen Holgate is a fifth-generation Oregonian who served as a diplomat for American embassies in France, Madagascar, Morocco, Mexico and Sri Lanka. Tangier, his first two novels, gained critical acclaim in the Indie Mystery/Suspense category. More...
 Mystery author, Emmeline Duncan, is always on the hunt for ways to kill off her characters. Like her Ground Rules Mystery series, Emmeline Duncan is based in Portland, Oregon. Under the pen name, Kelly Garrett, she also writes for teens. Her debut YA novel, The Last To Die, was an Oregon Book Awards finalist. More...
 Beverly Atlee Cleary was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, and beloved Oregon author. She is one of America's most successful authors with over 91 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Some of her best known characters are Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. Mouse. More...
 Hannah Holt is a children's author with an engineering degree. Her picture books weave together her love of literature and lifelong learning. Her writings have been selected for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, and won the Flame Challenge from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, and other honors. More...
 Richard J. Ellis is the Mark O. Hatfield Professor of Politics at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. Ellis teaches a number of courses in the area of American politics, including on the presidency, the idea of American exceptionalism, and the initiative and referendum process. More...
 Sonja Thomas (she/her) always wanted to be a writer, but she was afraid. So, she became an accountant instead. One day she cried, “Enough!” Now she writes stories for readers of all ages, often featuring Black girls doing extraordinary things. Raised in Central Florida and a Washington, DC transplant, she’s “keeping it weird” in Portland. More...
 Nora Ericson is an award-winning author of books for kids. She grew up in central New York and studied painting at Yale University before heading west and taking up writing. After working her way up the left coast, she now makes her home in Portland, Oregon with two kids, two dogs and two cats. More...
 Brian Parker has always been in love with storytelling in every medium. He has a BFA in graphic design and illustration, as well as a MA in writing and publishing. Through his publishing company, Believe in Wonder, he educates youth about the creative process, illustrating, and publishing. More...
 Kesha Ajose-Fisher is dedicated to amplifying the voices of the most vulnerable members of our society. Many of life’s burdens fall heaviest on the shoulders of women, and she seeks to expose this reality in her writing. Her award winning stories delve deep into the lives of women who are expected to keep the world turning, all while bearing the brunt of its hardships. More...
 Kristina Bak grew up in the Pacific Northwest, dropped out of Reed College in 1969, and spent enough years hiking in the North Cascades to graduate from Western Washington University in Bellingham. Kristina has worked as a mental health therapist, taught qigong, and sojourned in Sydney again as a ghostwriter. More...
 Before becoming a novelist and nature writer, Francesca G. Varela grew up in the suburban outskirts of Portland, Oregon befriending owls, playing beneath ancient cedar trees, and developing a deeply rooted sense of place. Her writing is informed by a lifelong love of nature and her environmental education. More...
 Stephanie Shaw is a picture‑book author originally from Oregon, known for warm, lyrical stories for young children. She grew up in “Beverly Cleary country” and describes herself as someone who loves Oregon’s rain, never uses an umbrella, and happily uses the weather as an excuse to stay inside reading and writing. More...
 Joe Sacco began his journalism career working on the Sunset High School newspaper in Beaverton, Oregon. While journalism was his primary focus, this was also the period of time in which he developed his penchant for humor and satire. More...
 Cindy Baldwin is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Where the Watermelons Grow, Beginners Welcome, The Stars of Whistling Ridge, and No Matter the Distance (a Junior Library Guild selection). She lives just outside Portland, Oregon, with her husband and daughter. More...
 Sue Fagalde Lick has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in both fiction and nonfiction and won first prize in Willamette Writers’ Kay Snow Awards for poetry. Sue sings, plays guitar, piano, and mandolin, performing at local venues and serving as a music minister at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Waldport. More...
 Jon Krakauer's work has been published by National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Smithsonian, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. He has authored 8 books, and has been a finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. More...
 Walidah Imarisha is an educator, poet, writer, public scholar and spoken word artist. Her nonfiction book, Angels with Dirty Faces, won a 2017 Oregon Book Award, and in 2015 she received a Tiptree Fellowship for her science fiction writing. More...
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