Meet the members of Picture Book Gold
Julie Abery
Julie Abery is a former preschool teacher who shaped her career reading picture books to children from around the world. She has a passion for... Read More.
Heather Bell
As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Heather loves to portray diverse characters and gets especially excited for any story that... Read More.
Anita Crawford Clark
Anita Crawford Clark is a writer and illustrator of fiction and nonfiction books for children. She is an inaugural recipient of the SCBWI OMA...Read More.
Jill Dana
Jill Dana is an author, illustrator, award-winning filmmaker, and certified elementary educator. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Television and... Read More.
Jolene Gutiérrez
Jolene Gutiérrez is an award-winning teacher-librarian who works with kids during the day and writes books for them at night... Read More.
Vivian Kirkfield
Writer for children—reader forever…that’s Vivian Kirkfield. She’s been skydiving, parasailing, and around the world in less than 80... Read More.
Laura Roettiger
Laura Roettiger is a reading specialist from Chicago, IL who weaves her passion for STEM learning into stories for children... Read More.
Gina Soldano-Herrle
Gina Soldano-Herrle is a professional ghostwriter and author. She's very active in the children's writing community where she volunteers... Read More.
Lynn Becker
Lynn Becker has been a reader and creator all her life. These days, when she’s not dreaming up picture books, she’s hiking, doing crazy-long... Read More.
Molly Cranch
Molly Cranch is a children’s picture book author-illustrator, fine artist and educator living in Chicago, Illinois. She received a BFA in painting... Read More.
Songju Daemicke
Songju Ma Daemicke, a former software engineer, grew up in China and is now a children’s book author living in the United States. She loves to... Read More.
Tracy Gold
Tracy C. Gold loves writing about families and nature. She is an author, freelance editor, and mom living in Baltimore, Maryland. Her published... Read More
Bonnie Kelso
Bonnie is an author illustrator from Las Vegas, Nevada. Even though she lives in the desert, she is obsessed with the ocean...Read More.
Marta Magellan
Marta Magellan was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has lived in Miami, Florida since the age of seven, with a few years in Japan and Brazil... Read More.
Lisa Rogers
Lisa Rogers is an award-winning author who was inspired to write for children during her career as an elementary school librarian. She... Read More.
Judith Valdés B.
Born and raised in a Mexican town of vibrant colors and traditions, Judith Valdés B. is an Mexican-American author and... Read More.