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Beth Clark

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Tim Dorsey

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Marissa Meyer

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Annie Proulx

New York Times Best Selling Author, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Best Known for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Barkskins"

Kwame Alexander

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Stephanie Danler

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Jason Reynolds

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Eric Litwin

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Hilary Mantel

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Lois Lowry

Newbery Medal-Winning Author of "Number the Stars" and "The Giver"

Amy Jo Martin

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Tim Federle

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Tracy Chevalier

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Suzanne Collins

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