Our Faculty
Boyds Mills is proud to welcome authors, illustrators, children’s publishing professionals, educators, librarians, and others as faculty and special guests for our workshops. Each course has its own specially designated leaders, but here you’ll find an overview of our faculty community.

A.J. Eversole
AJ Eversole grew up in rural Oklahoma, a place removed from city life and full of opportunities to grow the ...

A.M. Wild
A.M. Wild is a queer, nonbinary children’s book author who believes that books are places where we can ...

Aida Salazar
Aida Salazar is an award-winning author, arts activist, and translator whose writings for adults and children ...

Alexandra Villasante
Alexandra Villasante has always loved telling stories—though not always with words. She has a BFA in Painting and ...

Alicia D. Williams
Alicia D. Williams is the award-winning author of Genesis Begins Again, which received the Newbery and Kirkus ...

Alisa Alering
Alisa Alering is the author of the novel Smothermoss (Tin House, 2024), a Shirley Jackson Award Finalist that the ...

Alison Green Myers
Alison Green Myers is a passionate educator, novelist, and speaker. As the Program Director at Boyds Mills, Alison ...

Alyssa Reynoso-Morris
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris is a queer Afro-Latine/x Dominican and Puerto Rican award-winning storyteller, author, and ...

Anika Aldamuy Denise
Anika Aldamuy Denise’s award-winning picture books center the lives and contributions of groundbreaking Latinas ...

Anne Appert
Anne Appert is a queer, nonbinary storyteller who uses whimsy and humor to inspire and connect with readers on ...

Anne Marie Pace
Anne Marie Pace is a picture book author whose books include GROUNDHUG DAY (Disney-Hyperion, 2017, illustrated by ...

Aram Kim
Aram Kim is a writer, illustrator, and designer of children’s picture books. She was born in Ohio, raised in South ...
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