Peter Brown is the author and illustrator of several acclaimed picture books, including THE CURIOUS GARDEN, CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS, and YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND!, all NY Times bestsellers. His many honors include two E.B. White Awards, a NY Times Best Illustrated award, and a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Peter Brown

Jack Gantos is the author of many award-winning books, most notably DEAD END IN NORVELT, winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal. His other acclaimed books include JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY (a National Book Award Finalist), JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL (a Newbery Honor book), and his memoir, A HOLE IN MY LIFE, a Michael L. Printz Honor book. Jack is also well-known among younger readers as the creator of ROTTEN RALPH, that indefatigably depraved feline of picture book fame.

Jack Gantos

Daniel Handler, considered by some to be Lemony Snicket, is the creator of many troubling books for young readers, including the improbably bestselling “Series of Unfortunate Events”. His latest dubious offering, “WHO COULD THAT BE AT THIS HOUR?”, in which he trades the gothic for the noir, begins a new series chronicling the clandestine affairs of a young Lemony Snicket. Other books include WHY WE BROKE UP, illustrated by Maira Kalman, and THE LATKE WHO COULDN’T STOP SCREAMING, illustrated by Lisa Brown.

Daniel Handler

Jon Klassen sprang into picture book prominence in 2011 with his widely acclaimed debut, I WANT MY HAT BACK, a NY Times Best Illustrated book and winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor. His latest effort, THIS IS NOT MY HAT, follows suit in what has been aptly described by Kirkus Reviews as “another darkly comic haberdashery whodunit”. Jon also illustrated EXTRA YARN (by Mac Barnett) which recently won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. His forthcoming picture book, THE DARK, is a collaboration with none other than...Lemony Snicket.

Jon Klassen

Laura Amy Schlitz won the Newbery Medal in 2008 for GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES! VOICES FROM A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, illustrated by Robert Byrd. Her other books include THE NIGHT FAIRY, A DROWNED MAIDEN’S HAIR, and her newly released SPLENDORS AND GLOOMS which the NY Times dubbed a “glorious novel...the work of a master of children's literature.” A native of Baltimore, Laura also holds the working titles of librarian, playwright, and professional storyteller.