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IPOC : Is and umbrella term that refers to Indigenous People and People of Color. Some prefer Black and Indigenous and People of Color. (BIPOC or IBPOC) People of color includes people of African descent, Asian and Pacific Island descent and Latinx or Hispanic. Indigenous People/Native Americans are not People of Color.
These online sources discuss current issues in youth literature, review books, interview authors and provide other sources of information on inclusion, anti-racism and equity.
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While this is a fairly inclusive list, is does not include picture book authors.
Asian Pacific Islander American
Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese American)
Akemi Bowman
Ali Lawati
Amy Zhang
Aisha Saeed
Aminah May Safi (Muslim American)
An Na (Korean American)
Anjali Banerjee (Asian-Indian American)
Ashley Franklin
Ashok Banker
Axie Oh
Bali Rai
Candy Gourley
CB Lee (Chinese Vietnamese American)
Catherine Torres (Filipino)
Charlotte Huang
Cindy Pon (Taiwanese American)
Cynthia Kadohata (Japanese American)
Daniel Nayeri(Iranian American)
David Yoo (Chinese American)
Dina Nayeri (Iranian American)
Devi Menon
E.C. Myers
Ellen Oh
Elsie Chapman
Erika Lee (Chinese American)
Erin Entrada Kelly (Filipino American)
Erin L. Schneider (Hawaiian)
F. Lit Yu
Evelyn Skye
F. C. Lee
Fonda Lee (Chinese Canadian)
Francis Lee Hall (Chinese American)
Gwendolyn Willow wilson
Gene Luen Yang (Chinese American)
Grace Lin (Taiwanese American)
Heidi Helig
Hena Khan
Hiromi Goto (Japanese Canadian)
Icy Smith
Ilene W. Gregorio
Intisar Khanani
Isamu Fukui
Janet Wong (Chinese Korean American)
Jasmine Warga (Turkish American)
Jenny Han (Asian American)
Julia Doa
Julie Kagawa (Japanese American)
Justina Chen (Taiwanese American)
Karen Bao
Karuna Riazi
Kashmira Sheth (Indian American)
Kat Zhang (Chinese American)
Kate Evangelista (Filipina)
Kathleen Burkinshaw (Japanese American)
Kavita Daswani
Kazu Kibuishi
Kelly Loy Gilbert
Ken Mochizuki (Japanese American)
Kendare Blake (Korean American)
Ki-Wing Merlin
Kristen Simmons
Kristi Shen
Laurence Yep (Chinese American)
Leila Rasheed (Bangladeshi British)
Lenore Look (Chinese American)
Lensey Namioka (Chinese American)
Linda Sue Park (Korean American)
Lisa Yee (Chinese American)
Livia Blackburne
Lydia Kang
Makiia Lucier (Pacific Islander)
Malinda Lo(Chinese American)
Many Ly
Marie Lu
Mariko Tamaki(Japanese/Jewish Canadian)
Marina Tamar Budhos (Indo Caribbean)
Marty Chan (Chinese Canadian)
Maurene Goo
May-Lee Chai(Chinese/Irish American)
Meghan Nuttall Syres
Mike Jung
Milly Lee (Chinese American)
Misa Sugiura
Mitali Perkins (Asian-Indian American)
Naheed Hasnat Senzai
Na’ima B. Roberts
Naomi Shihab Nye (Palenstinian American)
Narinder Dhami (Asian-Indian British)
Neesha Meminger (Asian Indian Canadian)
Nidhi Chanani
Nisha Sharma
Padma Venkatraman (Asian Indian American)
Paul Yee (Chinese American)
Pintip Dunn
Rahul Kanakia
Randa Abdel-Fattah (Palestinian/Egyptian Australian)
Renée Ahdieh
Riley Redgate
Rhonda Belleza
Rich Lo
Rin Chupeco
Rosani Chokshi (Indian/Filipino American)
S. Jae-Jones
Saadia Faruqi
Sabaa Tahir
Samira Ahmed
Sandha Menon
Sanyantani Dasgupta
Sara Farizan (Iranian American)
Sara Saedi (Iranian American)
Sarvenaz Tash
Sarwat Chadda (East Indian-British)
Savita Kalhan (Indian-British)
Zanib Mian
S. F. Said
Shaila Patel
Sheba Karim
Sheela Chari (Indian American)
Sita Brahmachari (Asian Indian British)
S.K. Ali
Sonia Charaipotra
Soman Chainani (Indian American)
Stacey H. Lee (Chinese American)
Susan Tan
Tanaz Bhathena
Tahereh Mafi (Asian American)
Thanhha Lai
Uma Krishnaswami (Asian Indian American)
Valynne E. Maetani
Varsha Bajaj(Asian Indian American)
Veera Hirandandani
Virginia Loh Hagan (Chinese-American)
Vivek Shraya
Lori M. Lee
Y. S. Lee (Chinese Canadian)
Yoshiko Uchida (Japanese American)
Kat Zhang
Black
Adwoa Badoe
Angie Thomas
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Alicia Williams
Allison Whittenberg
Amanda Joy
Amir Abrams
Angela Johnson
Artist Arthur
Ashley Woodfolk
Barbara Binns
Ben Philippe
Bil Wright
Balogun Ojetade
Brandy Colbert
Brenda Woods
Camryn Garrett
Candace Montgomery
Carla Sarratt
Celeste O. Norfleet
Charles R. Smith
Chris Ledbetter
Chris L. Terry
Christine Kendall
Christopher John Farley
Claire Kann
Coe Booth
Colin Bootman
Craig Laurance Gidney
Crystal Allen
Dana L. Davis
Danielle Paige
David Barclay
Debbie Rigaud
Denene Millner
Denise Lewis Patrick
Derrick Barnes
Dhonielle Clayton
Dream Jordan
Duchess Harris
Earl Sewell
Ebony Joy Wilkins
Ernest Hill
Gwendolyn Hooks
Greg Neri
Ibi Zoboi
Jacqueline Woodson
Jaime Reed
Jamie Adoff
Janice Lynn Mather
Jasmine Richards
Jason Reynolds
Jay Coles
Jerry Craft
Jesse C. Jackson
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Julius Lester
Justin A. Reynolds
Justina Ireland
Kayla Ancrum
Kalisha Buckhanon
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Karen Simpson
Karen Strong
Kekla Magoon
Kelli London
Kacen Callender
Kimberly Reid
Kristina Forest
Kosoko Jackson
Kwame Alexander
Liari Timani
L. L. McKinney
Lamar Giles
L. Divine
LeSean Thomas
Lola Stvil
Mariama J. Lockington
Marilyn Nelson
Maurice Broaddus
Nalo Hopkinson
Nic Stone
Nicola Yoon
Nikki Grimes
Ni Ni Simone
Nnedi Okorafor
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Paula Chase
Philana Marie Boles
Randi Pink
Rebecca Barrow
Rena Barron
Renee Watson
Reshonda Tate Billingsley
Ronald L. Smith
Ronni Davis
Sarah Everett
Sarah Raughley
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Sharon Draper
Sharon Flake
Shelia P. Moses
Sherri L. Smith
Sonia Hayes
Stephanie Kuehn
Stephanie Moore-Perry
Tamika Gibson
Tanita S. Davis
Tiffany Brownlee
Tiffany D. Jackson
Tochi Onyebuchi
Tololwa Mollel
Tomi Adeyemi
Tony Medina
Tonya Bolden
Tonya Cherie Hegamin
Torrey Maldonado
Varian Johnson
Walter Dean Myers
Winifred Burton
Zetta Elliott
Indigenous
Allen Sockabasin (Passamaquoddy)
Ambelin Kwaymullina (Palyku)
Brandon Hobson
Carla Messinger (Turtle Clan Lenape)
Chad Solomon (Ojibwe)
Cherie Dimaline (Métis)
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee)
Eric Gansworth
Daniel H. Wilson
Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Ojibwa)
Delphine Red Shirt
Jacqueline Guest
Jan Bourdeau Waboose (Nishnawbe Ojibway)
Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki)
Joseph M. Marshall III (Sicangu Lakota/Rosebud Sioux)
Joy Harjo (Mvskoke)
Kate Hart (Chikasaw)
Katherine Vernette (Métis)
Kevin Noble Maillard (Black Seminole)
Kristy Orona-Ramirez (Taos Pueblo/Raramuri)
Lisa Charleyboy (Tsilhqot’in – Raven Clan)
Laura Tohe (Diné /Navajo)
Louise Erdrich (Chippewa)
Michael Kusugak (Inuit)
Nicola Campbell (Nle7kepmx, Nsilx and Métis)
Richard Van Camp (Dogrib / Tlicho)
Robbie Robertson (Mohawk)
S. D. Nelson (Standing Rock Sioux)
Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley (Scottish/Mohawk)
Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d’Alene)
Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo)
Tim Tingle (Choctaw)
Traci McClellan-Sorell (Cherokee)
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (Lakota Sioux)
Yvonne Wakim Dennis (Cherokee/Sand Hill/Syrian)
Latinx
Alex Sanchez
Adam Silvera
Alisa Valdés
Alma Flor Ada
Angela Cervantes
Anna-Marie McLemore
Ava Jae
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Bettina Restrepo
Caroline Tung Richmond
Caridad Ferrer
Celia Perez
Charles Rice González
Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Christina García
Cindy L. Rodriguez
Claudia Guadalupe Martínez
Claudia Meléndez
Courtney Alameda
Danette Vigilante
Daniel Jose Older
David Bowles
David Hernandez
Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Diana López
Donna Freitas
e. E. Charlton-Trujillo
Elizabeth Acevedo
Erika L. Sánchez
Estela Bernal
Eva Darrows
Francisco Jiménez
Francisco X. Stork
Gaby Triana
Gabby Rivera
Gary Soto
Gloria Velásquez
Jennifer Torres
Jennifer Ziegler
Joe Jiménez
Guadelupe Garcia McCall
Hillary Manahan
Isabel Quintero
Jennifer Cervantes
Jennifer Mathieu
Jenny Torres Sanchez
Jorge Aguirre
Juan Felipe Herrera
Julia Alvarez
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Kelly Loy Gilbert
Kelly Parra
Kim Baker
Lila Quintero Weaver
Lydia Gil
Lynn Joseph
Malin Alegria
Margarita Engle
Maria E. Andreu
Marjorie Agosín
Matt de la Peña
Meg Medina
Melissa Gray
Nancy Osa
Nicholasa Mohr
Nicola Yoon
Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Olive Senior
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Patrick Flores-Scott
Rafael Rosado
Raúl the Third
Ray Villareal
René Saldana Jr
Rigoberto González
Samantha Mabry
Sindy Felin
Socorro Acioli
Sofia Quintero
Sonia Manzano
Stephanie Kuehn
Steven dos Santos
Tony Medina
Torrey Maldonado
Xavier Garza
Veronica Chambers
Viola Canales
Will Alexander
Yasmin Shiraz
Yxta Maya Murray
Zoraida Córdova
Mixed Race/Bi-Racial/AfroLatinx
Adam Garnet Jones (Cree/Métis/Danish)
Anna Perera (Sri Lankan/European)
Crystal Chan
Elizabeth Acevedo
Kimberly Pauley (Chinese/mixed race American)
Makanaonalani Nicholson (Hawaiian/White)
Nàima B. Robert (African/European; Bristish Muslim)
Rebecca Roanhorse (Ohkay Owingeh /Black)
Renee Ahdieh
Shannon Gibney
Sundee T. Frazier
Torrey Maldonado
Valeria Tejeda
Veronica Chambers (Afro Latinx)
Award lists are typically good sources for quality literature and excellent representation.