Erin Entrada Kelly and Padma Venkatraman

Erin Entrada Kelly and Padma Venkatraman

Erin Entrada Kelly

Erin Entrada Kelly

Erin Entrada Kelly is the bestselling author of Hello, Universe, which received the 2018 Newbery Medal, and We Dream of Space, which received a 2021 Newbery Honor. Her other awards include the SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Award, APALA Award for Children’s Literature, and the Parents Choice Gold Award, among others. She is also the author and illustrator of the highly acclaimed Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey series.

Padma Venkatraman

Padma Venkatraman

Padma Venkatraman is the author of The Bridge Home (a 2019 Global Read Aloud, WNDB Walter Award & SCBWI Golden Kite winner); A Time to Dance (the first South Asian American verse novel for young people); Island's End (South Asia Book Award winner) and Climbing the Stairs (Julia Ward Howe Award winner). Her latest novel, Born Behind Bars (a Parent Magazine Book of the Month and Junior Library Guild Selection), was released in September, 2021 to starred reviews in Kirkus, SLJ, and Booklist.

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