About the Author
Zetta Elliott is an award-winning author of over forty books for young readers. Her first young adult poetry collection,
Say Her Name, was nominated for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. Her picture book,
A Place Inside of Me: a Poem to Heal the Heart, was a Caldecott Honoree and named a 2021 Notable Poetry Book by the National Council of Teachers of English. Her poetry has been published in
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices; New Daughters of Africa and
The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South. She lives in Chicago, IL. Her website is zettaelliott.com.
Noa Denmon is the Caldecott Honor Award winning illustrator of A Place Inside of Me. She loves to uplift and depict the stories of the underrepresented, and hopes to create work that displays humanity in all of its differences. You can connect with her at https://noadenmon.com/.
