Lily Williams is the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of the If Animals Disappeared picture book series and graphic novels Go With The Flow and Look On The Bright Side. She grew up in Northern California and worked in feature film animation before moving to Colorado. Lily seeks to inspire change through education and believes in the power of making information fun and accessible for all audiences.

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Tricia D. Wagner is an award-winning novelist, poet, and short story writer with five published novels and many more on the way. She is the creator of Swift and the Star of Atlantis series, an epic literary coming-of-age adventure. And she is the author of Sun Child of the Moor, a literary fantasy and winner of the 2023 Royal Dragonfly Book Award. Wagner grew up in Amarillo, Texas, chasing storms, riding stallions, sojourning through painted canyons, disappearing into floating mesas under starry skies. She now lives in Illinois (though the truth is she’s a citizen of a dozen fictional countries.) She works in cardiovascular research and lives day to day wonderstruck but luckily can feel her way about this terrifying, beautiful Earth through writing. Wagner’s poetry and short stories have appeared in the Write City Magazine, Chicago Newa, Word of Art 3D, Literary Yard, and Midwest Review.Learn more at https://www.triciawagner.com/

Mel Rosenberg hand-wrote his first children's book, "Bacteria Galore by Sunday at Four" when he was 23 years old. Twenty years later, Tel Aviv University published the hardcover version of his book on bacteria in Hebrew, חיידקים מיליון עד יום ראשון, illustrated by Tali Niv-Dolinsky. ​For many years, his writing career was on a back burner while he became a scientist, inventor, and later a jazz musician and a singer. He enjoyed each of these careers, but these days he am fully committed to his children's writing.​ He keeps busy:​Writing and revising new stories (under the mentorship of the incredible Harold Underdown) Helping picture book authors at the beginning of their careers Giving talks, lectures and webinars about the creative process and the importance of creating dummy books Interviewing prominent authors, editors, publishers, agents, and illustrators for his weekly video/podcast for the New Books Network (NBN)Learn more at https://www.authormel.com/