Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. As the Library of Congress’s fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. His graphic novel
American Born Chinese, a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner, has been adapted into a streaming series on Disney+. His two-volume graphic novel
Boxers & Saints won the LA Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award finalist. His nonfiction graphic novel
Dragon Hoops received an Eisner Award and a Printz honor. His other comics works include
Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes),
The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), as well as
Superman Smashes the Klan and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series (both with Gurihiru). In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.
Kendall Goode is a comic artist and writer. Most recently he drew DIRTBAG RAPTURE for Oni Press. He's also had work published by DC Comics, MARVEL, and BOOM! Studios. He loves Star Trek and hanging out with his dog and two cats.
Alison Acton is a Canadian artist with a background in comics and traditional animation. She’s worked for studios like Spumco, Pocket Gems, and Big Jump, and publishers like HarperCollins, Tokyopop, and First Second. She loves creating expressive characters, writing snarky dialogue, teaching jiu-jitsu, and taking long dog walks away from her three boys who always invade the office and shed Legos EVERYWHERE.
