格雷格·纽伯尔德

格雷格·纽博尔德从记事起就一直在画画。 His gift was recognized at an early age and was fueled by supportive parents who kept him supplied with paints, pencils, paper and clay.

Greg earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Brigham Young University and an MFA from the Hartford Art School under the mentorship of such illustration industry legends as Murray Tinkelman, C.F Payne and Gary Kelley. His skill set has grown to include digital illustration and gallery oil painting to compliment his traditional drawing and painting. 他感到很幸运，能做自己最喜欢的事情来谋生。 Greg always felt it a privilege to make the world a more beautiful place through his paintings and reaches for that goal every time he picks up a brush.

艾米·纽伯尔德

艾米在犹他州的冬天堆雪人长大。 She also drew horses and learned to read at age four. Amy is the author of 如果莫奈画了一个怪物 (2019), 如果毕加索画了一个雪人 (2017), and 如果达芬奇画了一只恐龙 (2018), as well as 一个最迷人的女人：格林摄政的故事 (2024)。 艾米在小学时写了她的第一个怪物故事。 If she were to paint a snowman, she would paint with dots like Georges Seurat. Her favorite dinosaur is a stegosaurus. 艾米喜欢旅行，喜欢和家人在一起。 She is an avid board game player and has a deep appreciation for chocolate. She and her husband, illustrator 格雷格·纽伯尔德, enjoy hiking, camping, and taking road trips. When not traveling, Amy enjoys exploring the world through books.

克里斯汀的一天 (Upper Skagit) grew up in Seattle, nestled between the sea, the mountains, and the pages of her favorite books. Her debut novel, 我可以许下这个承诺， was a best book of the year from NPR, as well as a Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book, and an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book. Her second novel, 冬天的大海， was a Top 10 Indie Kids’ Next List selection, a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Book Award, and an American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book. She also wrote 她坚持说：“玛丽亚·塔尔希夫， an early reader biography inspired by Chelsea Clinton’s bestselling picture book. 克里斯汀和她的家人住在太平洋西北部。

埃伦·霍普金斯 started writing stories when she was old enough to put words on paper, but she officially began her writing career in 1990 writing nonfiction books for children, including 气鬼 and 奥卡斯：公海超人.

Ellen has since written several young adult novels in verse, exposing teenage struggles such as drug addiction and mental illness. She holds the not entirely enviable title of “Most Banned Author” in America, but is a strong supporter of the first amendment and a soldier in the anti-book banning army. She also has two books written for middle grade students; 威尔呢？ and 无路可走. 

她喜欢园艺、烹饪、罐头制作，还会做美味的萨尔萨酱！

施密特教授是一位多产的儿童文学和青少年小说作家。 He has written dozens of books, including his most recent hits 赫拉克勒斯·比尔的劳动 (Clarion; 2023) and 木星上升 (Clarion; 2024)。 He also contributed to the Star Wars anthology 从某种角度来看：《星球大战》 (2017) through writing the only chapter from Yoda's point of view.

赫拉克勒斯·比尔的劳动 received the Josette Frank Award for Fiction from the Children's Book Committee and was listed as a Best Children's Book of the Year with Outstanding Merit in 2024. Schmidt’s work has appeared multiple times on the CBC’s Best Children’s Book of the Year list, including Straw into Gold, Mara's Stories, The Wonders of Donal O'Donnell, Trouble, What Came From the Stars, Orbiting Jupiter, Almost Time, and 西莉亚种了一个花园：西莉亚·塞克斯特和她的岛屿花园的故事。

In his free time, he enjoys vegetable gardening, cutting and splitting wood and collecting first editions of the Concord authors.

凯琳·比尔斯博士 is currently an international literacy consultant and previously was a Senior Reading Researcher at the Comer School Development Program at Yale University. She began her career as a middle school language arts teacher outside of Houston, TX. She is the author or co-author of many best-selling books including 当孩子不会阅读/老师能做什么 阅读锻造； 扰乱思维; 阅读非小说; 和注意事项-细读策略。 Disrupting Thinking, which she co-authored with Robert Probst, is a 2018 recipient of the Teachers Choice Awards.

Most importantly, Kylene is a teacher who continues to work in classrooms today across the nation as she works shoulder-to-shoulder with teachers and students. When not on an airplane, Kylene lives on her ranch with her husband, 胸罩d, and their fabulous dog, Coda, in central Texas.