María Dolores Águila is the author of the Newbery Honor Book A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez, as well as the picture books Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano Park and Menudo Sunday: A Spanglish Counting Book. A Chicana poet and writer, she is deeply inspired by Chicane history and art, and seeks to write empowering and inclusive stories about everything she learns.
Mirelle Ortega is author-illustrator of Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land, a Pura Belpré Honor Book, and River of Mariposas. She has illustrated a number of picture books, including Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life by Polo Orozco and Mamiachi & Me: My Mami's Mariachi Band by Jolene and Dakota Gutiérrez, as well as the Love Sugar Magic middle grade series by Anna Meriano.
