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    The authors and illustrators listed below have been featured at previous Virginia Hamilton Conferences. Click on a name below for more information about that individual.

    * Indicates a Virginia Hamilton Literary Award winner

    Arnold Adoff *

    Jaime Adoff

    Alma Flor Ada *

    George Ancona

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Shonto Begay

    David Bloome

    Joseph Bruchac *

    Ashley Bryan *

    Eve Bunting

    R. Gregory Christie

    Bryan Collier

    Chris Crutcher

    Christopher Paul Curtis *

    Floyd Cooper*

    Leo and Diane Dillon *

    Lulu Delacre

    David Diaz

    Tomie dePaola

    Margarita Engle

    Tom Feelings

    Russell Freedman*

    Jan Spivey Gilchrist

    Nikki Giovanni *

    Eloise Greenfield *

    Nikki Grimes *

    Virginia Hamilton

    Cheryl Willis Hudson

    Wade Hudson

    Angela Johnson *

    Cynthia Leitich Smith

    Julius Lester

    Ted Lewin

    E.B. Lewis

    Grace Lin

    Lois Lowry

    David Macaulay *

    Patricia McCormick

    Patricia McKissack *

    Pat Mora *

    Yuyi Morales

    Barry Moser *

    Walter Dean Myers *

    Kadir Nelson

    Marilyn Nelson *

    Linda Sue Park

    Jerry Pinkney *

    Andrea Davis Pinkney

    Gloria Jean Pinkney

    Patricia Polacco

    Doreen Rappaport

    James Ransome

    Chris Raschka

    Christian Robinson

    Pam Muñoz Ryan *

    Allen Say *

    Gary Schmidt

    Charles R. Smith Jr.

    Javaka Steptoe

    Don Tate

    Joyce Carol Thomas

    Rita Williams-Garcia

    Janet Wong

    Jacqueline Woodson *

    Lisa Yee

    Jane Yolen

    Ed Young

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