Panelists Stacia Deutsch (New York Times bestselling author, Promise Pets), Raissa Figueroa (Coretta Scott King Honor illustrator, We Wait for the Sun), Kathryn Otoshi (award-winning author-illustrator, One), Amanda Morrow (award-winning illustrator, My Calm Down Book), Joshua Pruett (Emmy Award-winning writer, Phineas and Ferb), and Jeff Waddleton (moderator) discuss how children's authors and illustrators create diverse, authentic characters beyond their lived experience.
