New York Times best-selling author
Carole Boston Weatherford's 60-plus books include the Caldecott Honor book
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, for which she was awarded the Coretta Scott King Author Award and a Sibert Honor; the Newbery Honor winner
Box; and the Caldecott Honor winners
Freedom in Congo Square, Fannie Lou Hamer, and
Moses. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for
Becoming Billie Holiday. Weatherford teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Visit cbweatherford.com.
Floyd Cooper (1956-2021) illustrated over 110 books for children, including
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he was awarded a Caldecott Honor, the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, and a Sibert Honor. He was also the recipient of the CorettaScott King Award for
The Blacker the Berry; three Coretta Scott King Honors for
I Have Heard of a Land,
Meet Danitra Brown, and
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea; 10 ALA Notables; and an NAACP Image Award, among other honors. Visit floydcooper.com.