Litquake

Laura Atkins is an author and editor with over twenty years in the children’s book world. Author of Sled Dog Dachshund and co-author of Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, Laura and co-author Stan Yogi have spoken to over 4,000 Bay Area young people about activism. She lives in Berkeley... Read More →

Stephen Bramucci is an award-winning travel writer and adventurer. He's rowed down the Mekong Delta, crossed the Australian outback in a car powered by French fry oil, and explored ancient pirate islands in Madagascar. A lifelong animal lover, Steve’s encounters with endangered... Read More →

As National Novel Writing Month’s Young Writers Program Director, Marya spends her time helping young writers around the world experience the transformational power of creativity (and write some pretty fantastic novels in the process). She’s a former middle school English teacher... Read More →

Arree Chung is the author and illustrator of Ninja! and Ninja Attack of the Clan! and the illustrator of The Danger Gang. When he's not working on ideas for stories or businesses you can find him playing basketball or riding his bike around the San Francisco Bay area. Visit Arree... Read More →

Mike Jung is the author of Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities, Unidentified Suburban Object, and the forthcoming The Boys in the Back Row, all published by Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic. He's also contributed essays to the anthologies Dear Teen Me, Break These Rules, 59 Reasons... Read More →

Gwen Minor (Read Aloud Plays: The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid, Scholastic), has been profiled on NPR and her podcasts have a world-wide following. A teacher and writer specializing in Shakespeare and ancient epic, she's also been a literary events coordinator, a freelance columnist... Read More →

Susan Terence, a California Poet in the Schools (CPITS) poetry teacher, performer, and artist for over 26 years, received her MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University and has been published widely and won many awards for her writing.