Tabitha Flax – Children's book author, artist, global speaker

Tabitha Flax is a children's author passionate about celebrating individuality, embracing differences, and fostering connections. Inspired by the joys and challenges of raising her own identical twin boys, Tabitha's stories bring a unique perspective to children's literature, creating inclusive spaces where twins and their families feel seen, understood, and celebrated. Her debut book, Ollie and Sam: Not Two of a Kind, explores themes of self-confidence, teamwork, and the importance of being true to oneself. Tabitha's writing reflects her dedication to helping children discover the magic of being themselves while learning the value of standing together.

Kitty Felde – children's author, professional speaker, podcaster

Award-winning public radio journalist, writer, podcaster, and TEDx speaker Kitty Felde covered Capitol Hill for nearly a decade, explaining how government works to grownups. Now, she explains it to kids in a series of mystery novels and podcasts called THE FINA MENDOZA MYSTERIES. Kitty was named LA Radio Journalist of the Year three times by the LA Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists. She hosts the award-winning Book Club for Kids podcast, named one of the top 10 kidcasts in the world by "The Times" of London.

Martha Joseph Watts, Children's Author, Educational Consultant, Non-Fiction Writer, Writing Instructor

Dr. Martha Joseph Watts is an author of educational non-fiction resources, and children’s fiction. She developed the Writing to Respond (WTR) process as an approach to teach writing across disciplines to grades K-12 students. She authored and published texts, workbooks, charts, and other tactile resources to facilitate the process. As a writer of children’s fiction, under the pen name, Aunty Marcella, she focuses on themes of resilience, perseverance, determination, and effective social interaction.

Elizabeth Cummings, Children's Author and Professional Speaker

Elizabeth Mary Cummings was born in Manchester England, grew up in Scotland and studied in Edinburgh. After completing a degree in Psychology and Business Studies, Elizabeth went on to train and work as a primary school teacher for many years in Scotland and New Zealand before moving to Australia to run a language education business.

Jim Petipas, Author, Illustrator, Musician, and Publisher with Boardwalk Books

Jim has always been creating art. When he was a kid he would often be found drawing cars, animals, or boats. Throughout his teen and college years, he was creating music as a drummer in a local band. After college, he worked in the business field for a few years and then went to seminary.

Mark M. Bello, Legal/Political Thriller Author

Bello draws upon those 40-plus years as a litigator and advocate as author of the award-winning Zachary Blake Betrayal series of legal thriller novels. Through his “ripped from the headlines” novels, he takes readers deep into the courtroom fights to protect our most precious rights.

Erik Bean, Mental Health Advocate

Erik holds a doctorate in education and has served as a primary teacher of record for grades K-8. Dr. Bean specializes in using technology in the classroom as well as for distance learning and has taught hundreds of children and adults about the potential dangers of the Internet including isolation and information bias, some of the most destructive forces of our time.

Barbara Ann Mojica, Children's Author, Historian, Professional Speaker

My mission is to inspire, educate and entertain children by making learning about history fun and educational. I use a cartoon-like character, Little Miss HISTORY, to narrate adventures that explore national parks, national monuments and other sites of historical interest. I hope that families will be able to discover new ideas and experience our rich historical heritage.

Kevin Coolidge, Children's Author, Presenter

The Totally Ninja Raccoons is a series of early chapter books, target audience first through fourth grade. The books are specially structured to encourage reluctant readers. Short chapters, humor, adventure, and one picture per chapter keep kids feeling a sense of engagement and accomplishment as they plow through these stories and ask for more! Each book has the Totally Ninja Raccoons encountering a cryptid — a creature from folklore or mythology, whose existence is not currently confirmed by modern science. The “monsters” are presented in a fun, not-too-scary way, and readers are encouraged to do their own research to make up their minds about the possible existence of Bigfoot, werewolves, thunderbirds, sidehill gougers, the Loch Ness monster, and others.

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