Isabel Quintero is an award-winning writer and the daughter of
Mexican immigrants. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, her first YA novel, was
the recipient of multiple awards, including the Tomas Rivera Award,
the California Book Award Gold Medal, and the Morris Award for
Debut YA Novel. She is also the author of chapter books anda
non-fiction YA graphic biography, Photographic- The Life of
Graciela Iturbide, which was awarded the Boston Globe Horn Book
Award. Most recently, My Papi Has a Motorcycle, earned the Southern
California Independent Booksellers Association Award, the Pura
Belpre Illustration Honor Award, the Tomas Rivera Mexican American
Children's Book Award, and many other recognitions.
Iliana Galvez is a queer Latinx illustrator, mother, and pug
whisperer born and raised in the San Fernando Valley who is
currently based in Houston. She started her Instagram page
@GrowMija as a love letter to her baby sister, Chachis, to show her
art that looked like her and to let her know how amazing she is.
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