Megan Clendenan is the author of Just In Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault   (Charlesbridge, 2025, illustrated by Brittany Cicchese), the 2026 NCTE Orbis Pictus Winner and a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. She loves to write about topics that explore the connections between society, history, and the environment. Her books include Cities: How Humans Live Together,   Fresh Air, Clean Water: Our Right to a Healthy Environment  (2023 Green Earth B

Suhasini Gupta is a children's book author, an engineer, and a devoted mom of two energetic kids. She was born and raised in India and currently lives in Texas with her husband and kids. She is the author of her debut picture book,  Kai Po Che: Mini's Perfect Kite , published by Gnome Road, and has two additional projects currently under contract. Suhasini enjoys writing fun and imaginative stories that celebrate her Indian heritage, spark interest in STEM, and bring joy and

Picture book writer and poet, Kelly Conroy, is 50% silly, fun-loving, never-grow-up big kid and 50% hard-working, focused, analytical former actuary. She loves all things magical, whimsical, and numerical, and her goal in life is to make people smile. To learn more about her, please visit  www.kellyconroy.com  or follow her on Instagram  @KellyConroyBooks . Kelly is represented by  Sarah Stephens  at Red Fox Literary. 1. What do you feel you’ve gained from being a part of the