Previous authors presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
![Patricia Polacco on stage](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WordsPictures.jpg)
2021-22
![Elizabeth Acevedo](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Liz_Acevedo.jpg)
Elizabeth Acevedo
![Photo of Avi](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Avi-1.jpg)
Avi
![Photo of Sharon Draper](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SD.jpg)
Sharon Draper
![Photo of Rita Williams Garcia](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/RWG.jpg)
Rita Williams-Garcia
![Photo of Kelly Yang](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/KY.jpg)
Kelly Yang
2020-21
![Headshot of Laurie Halse Anderson](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Laurie_Anderson.jpg)
Laurie Halse Anderson
![Headshot of Jerry Craft](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jerry_Craft.jpg)
Jerry Craft
![Headshot of Lois Lowry smiling into camera, wearing a blue sweater. She is a senior white woman with short grey hair.](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lois_Lowry.jpg)
Lois Lowry
![Headshot of Naomi smiling into the camera](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Naomi_Shihab_Nye.jpg)
Naomi Shihab Nye
![Headshot of Pam smiling into the camera](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pam_Ryan.jpg)
Pam Muñoz Ryan
![Headshot of Lauren Tarshis](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Lauren-Tarshis.jpg)
Lauren Tarshis
2019-20
![Dan Gemeinhart headshot](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Dan_Gemeinhart.jpg)
Dan Gemeinhart
![Jarrett Krosocka headshot](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jarrett-Krosoczka.jpg)
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
![Grace Lin headshot](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Grace-Lin.jpg)
Grace Lin
![Linda Sue Park headshot](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Linda-Sue-Park.jpg)
Linda Sue Park
![Jewell Parker Rhodes headshot](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jewell-Rhodes_author-photo.jpg)
Jewell Parker Rhodes
![Jim Rugg headshot](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Jim-Rugg.jpg)
Jim Rugg
2018-19
![Photo of Sharon Flake](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Sharon-Flake.jpg)
Sharon Flake
![Photo of Jennifer Holm](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Jennifer-Holm.jpg)
Jennifer Holm
![Photo of Erin Entrada Kelly](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Erin-Entrada-Kelly.jpg)
Erin Entrada Kelly
![Photo of Meg Medina](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Meg-Medina.jpg)
Meg Medina
![Photo of Jason Reynolds](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Jason-Reynolds.jpg)
Jason Reynolds
![Photo of Neal Shusterman](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Neal-Shusterman.jpg)
Neal Shusterman
![Photo of Jonah Winter](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Jonah-Winter.jpg)
Jonah Winter
2017-18
![Sherman Alexie](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Alexie-1.jpg)
Sherman Alexie
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Applegate.jpg)
Katherine Applegate
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Collier.jpg)
Bryan Collier & Sandra Neil Wallace
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Paterson.jpg)
Katherine Paterson
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Pilkey.jpg)
Dav Pilkey
![Melissa Sweet](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Sweet.jpg)
Melissa Sweet
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Yoon.jpg)
Nicola Yoon
2016-17
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Alexander.jpg)
Kwame Alexander
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Grabenstein.jpg)
Chris Grabenstein
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Martin.jpg)
Ann M. Martin
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Polacco.jpg)
Patricia Polacco
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Sabuda.jpg)
Robert Sabuda
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Yang.jpg)
Gene Luen Yang
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Fierce-Reads.jpg)
Fierce Reads:
Emma Mills, Anna Banks, Marissa Meyer, and Caleb Roehrig
2015-16
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bell.jpg)
Cece Bell
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DiCamillo.jpg)
Kate DiCamillo
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Henkes.jpg)
Kevin Henkes
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Lowry.jpg)
Lois Lowry
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Pastis.jpg)
Stephan Pastis
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Rowell.jpg)
Rainbow Rowell
![](https://pittsburghlectures.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Woodson.jpg)