Artist, teacher, native-arts conservator, author and storyteller, Pauline Hillaire worked to carry on the heritage of Washington’s Lummi Nation and was one of the most knowledgeable living resources of the Northwest Coast’s arts and culture.
American novelist and a best-selling young adult author, whose works include titles such as Superfudge (1980), Freckle Juice (1971), and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (1970).
An influential lesbian feminist and avant-garde writer, Monique Wittig (1935-2003) challenged the heteronormativity of early Second Wave French feminists and was an active novelist, philosopher, and activist.
Irish author (as ‘E. Owens Blackburne ’)
American poet and writer, who published more than 20 books for girls
Disabled Australian author Dorothy Cottrell was ‘the Liane Moriarty of the Jazz Age’ but is almost unheard of here
Dakotah Sioux/Hidatsa storyteller, historian and educator
Poet, scholar, and cultural advocate; a nationally recognized thought leader on race, justice, and American society and president of the Mellon Foundation, the largest funder of the arts, culture, and humanities in the United States.
Maxine Hong Kingston chronicles the lives of Chinese Americans facing the ghosts of the past in present-day America.
Linda Goss has blazed a trail in the Black Storytelling Tradition. She is called “Mama Linda” in honor of her mastery as a tradition bearer and premier contributor to the art of storytelling.