Kimberly Brock is the adult book buyer at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, where she has worked for more than 12 years. She holds master’s degrees in tourism administration and publishing from the George Washington University.Kimserves on the board of directors of the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (BINC) and on the diversity, equity, and inclusion committee of the American Booksellers Association. She brings curiosity, care, and purpose to every part of her work in books.
Karen R. Long is a reviewer and occasional feature writer for Kirkus. She was the book editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and served on the board of the National Book Critics Circle Award. For 11 years, she managed the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards for the Cleveland Foundation. She lives in her starter house, emptied of three children, with their father, Joe Frolik, and a rescued dog named Opal.
Bonnie Tsui is an award-winning journalist and the bestselling author of On Muscle, Why We Swim, and American Chinatown. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and her writing has been recognized and supported by Harvard University, the National Press Foundation, and the Best American Essays series.
Nora Krug is a writer and editor based in Washington, D.C. For nearly two decades she worked at the Washington Post, primarily as an editor in Book World. Prior to that she was an editor at the New York Times, Architectural Digest, and Little, Brown.
Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen 박사라 is an Associate Professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and affiliate faculty in the Department of Asian American Studies and Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies. Sarah co-founded and co-edits Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, co-created the Diversity in Children’s Books infographics, and co-edited Harry Potter and the Other. In 2023, Sarah served as a judge for the National Book Awards Young People’s Literature committee. She is a board member of the International Research Society for Children’s Literature.
Leah Johnson is the author of You Should See Me in a Crown, named a Stonewall Honor Book, the inaugural Reese’s Book Club YA pick, and one of Time magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. She is also the author of the Lambda Literary Award finalist Ellie Engle Saves Herself, the editor of the middle-grade anthology Black Girl Power, and the co-author of the Good Morning America YA Book Club pick, There’s Always Next Year with George M. Johnson. In 2024, she served as a judge for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. She is the owner of Loudmouth Books, an Indianapolis-based independent bookstore that specializes in highlighting the work of marginalized authors and uplifting banned or challenged books.
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