Alscess Lewis-Brown has a BA in English, secondary education from the former College of the Virgin Islands, and a master’s degree in education with a concentration in Integrative Learning and Leadership from Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. She has been an educator in Okinawa, Japan, Antigua, W.I., and St. Croix, Virgin Islands. She been a member of the Caribbean Writer’s editorial board and has also made contributions to that journal.
Annette Pérez was born in New York City to a family of Puerto Rican origin. Annette was diagnosed with hydrocephalus as an infant. Growing up with this disability was not easy. Her childhood was filled with constant challenges, including learning how to tie her shoelaces one-handed.
Ashley-Ruth Moolenaar Bernier is a sixth-generation Virgin Islander. She wrote her first story at four, and has been writing stories and poems ever since. Her favorite subjects to write about are children and the Caribbean.
Cristina Kessler is an award-winning author of nine children’s books set in Africa, where she lived for 19 years. She’s received the Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award from the ASPCA for Excellence in Humane Literature for Young Readers; the Africana Honor Book Award, from the African Studies Association, honoring outstanding books about Africa for children and young adults; and has been included many times on The Notable Books for a Global Society list.
Cristina Louise was born in Puerto Rico and lived until she was seven years old in the United States Virgin Islands. She has been a resident of New York for many years, first in New York City and presently in upstate New York.
Biography Enrique Peréz Díaz (Havana, 1958) is a writer, critic, editor and researcher of literature for children and young adults. From 1993 to 2008 he served as president of the Children and Young Adults Section of the Union of […]
