Melissa Seron Richardson is a Mexican American mom of three who lives in Utah. Having grown up as a mixed-race child, she hopes her work will give a voice and a path to other mixed-race kids to discover where they belong. Melissa is the author of
The Last Slice and
Five Words That Are Mine. She invites you to follow her on Instagram @melissaseronrichardson.
Edel Rodriguez is a Cuban American artist and author who has exhibited internationally, was the art director of
Time magazine, and has created artwork for
The New York Times, Time magazine, and
The New Yorker, just to name a few. He is the illustrator of many books, including his own
The Mango Tree (
La mata de mango),
Song for Jimi: The Story of Guitar Legend Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Smith Jr., and
Float Like a Butterfly by Ntozake Shange. Edel lives with his wife and daughters in New Jersey, and he invites you to discover his work at edelrodriguez.com.