Patrick Oliver, literary consultant and author of youth-oriented books (moderator)

Derrick Barnes, author of I Am Every Good Thing

Floyd Cooper, illustrator of Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

Zetta Elliot, author of A Place Inside of Me and Dragons in a Bag

Xelena González, author of All Around Us

Supporting Authors & Independent Bookstores:
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