- Laurie Halse Anderson
Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
- M.T. Anderson
Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure
- Mark Aronson
Young Adult Nonfiction
- Avi
Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Short Stories
- T.A. Barron
Fantasy, Nonfiction
- Joan Bauer
Young Adult Fiction
- Judy Blume
Middle Grades Fiction
- Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Young Adult Nonfiction
- Gennifer Choldenko
Middle Grades Fiction
- Sneed Collard
Nonfiction (Science, Environment, Animals), Adventure
- Christopher Paul Curtis
Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Chris d'Lacey
Fantasy, Upper Elementary & Middle Grades Fiction
- Kate DiCamillo
Early Chapters Books, Middle Grades Fiction
- L.M. Elliott
Historical Fiction
- Margarita Engle
Poetry, Free Verse
- Timothy Basil Ering
Illustrator of Middle Grades Fiction
- Sid Fleischman
Young Adult Biography, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Humor
- Candace Fleming
Young Adult Biography, Middle Grades Fiction
- Jack Gantos
Young Adult Fiction, Upper Elementary School Series Fiction
- John Green
Young Adult Fiction
- Margaret Peterson Haddix
Upper Elementary, Young Adult Fiction
- Shannon Hale
Fairy Tales, Fantasy
- Emma Walton Hamilton
Upper Elementary Fiction, Poetry
- Deborah Heiligman
Young Adult Biography
- Phillip Hoose
Nonfiction
- Deborah Hopkinson
Middle Grades Historical Fiction, Nonfiction
- Norton Juster
Upper Elementary & Middle Grades Fiction
- Jeff Kinney
Upper Elementary & Middle Grades Fiction
- Kathleen Krull
Upper Elementary & Middle Grades Biography, History
- E.B. Lewis
Illustrator
- Grace Lin
Upper Elementary Fiction
- Lois Lowry
Middle Grades & Young Adult Fiction, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction
- David Lubar
Middle Grades Fiction, Humor
- Leonard Marcus
History of Children's Books & Authors
- Patricia & Frederick McKissack
Upper Elementary & Middle Grades Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Sy Montgomery
Middle Grades Nonfiction (Animals, Conservation)
- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Middle Grades Fiction
- Kadir Nelson
Author & Illustrator, Upper Elementary Fiction
- Linda Sue Park
Middle Grades Historical Fiction
- Katherine Paterson
Young Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Classics Re-told
- Rodman Philbrick
Middle Grades Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure
- Tamora Pierce
Fantasy
- Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
Fantasy
- Rick Riordan
Adventure, Mythology
- Pam Muñoz Ryan
Upper Elementary & Middle Grades Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Brian Selznick
Middle Grades Fiction, Illustrator
- Neal Shusterman
Middle Grades Fiction, Humor, Fantasy
- Anita Silvey
About Children's & Young Adult Literature
- Marilyn Singer
Poetry
- Charles Smith
Sports, Photography
- Sherri L. Smith
Historical Fiction
- Jerry Spinelli
Middle Grades Fiction
- R.L. Stine
Middle Grades Horror
- Tanya Lee Stone
Young Adult Fiction & Nonfiction
- Greg Tang
Upper Elementary Nonfiction (Math)
- Rosemary Wells
Upper Elementary & Middle Grades Historical Fiction
- Janet Wong
Poetry, Upper Elementary & Middle Grades Fiction
- Jacqueline Woodson
Middle Grades & Young Adult Fiction, Poetry
- Laurence Yep
Historical Fiction, Short Stories
- Jane Yolen
Middle Grades Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction
