Amanda Gorman

Maria  Isabel Sá nchez Vegara,   born in Barcelona, Spain, is a writer and creative director in constant search of new concepts for children’ s books. In 2014, she created a book for her two twin nieces for their birthday, which shortly thereafter became the first book in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series. This multimillion-copy bestselling series of picture books explores the lives of outstanding people. From Mahatma Gandhi to Aretha Franklin, to Prince, Sá nchez Vegara researches complex careers and makes them accessible to young children, with her unique and mindful style of writing. She works with a diverse team of illustrators to make each book lively, eye-catching and motivating. Working for more than fifteen  years for  clients in top advertising agencies, her books combine  creativity with learning, aiming to establish a new and fresh relationship  between children and pop culture.   ​

Queenbe Monyei is an illustrator, designer, and author of children’ s books.   She is passionate about drawing marginalized groups in everyday situations through the use of bold colours. Her art has been featured on Flow Magazine, GIPHY, The Cartoon Network, HGTV, Givingli, Fiverr, and Mary Young. Currently, her gifs on GIPHY has been viewed over 800 million times.