JENNIFER HOLM--Foster City, CA (Babymouse, Squish, New York Times bestselling author, three-time Newbery Honor winner, Eisner Award winner) * MATTHEW HOLM--Portland, OR (Babymouse, Squish, Eisner Award winner) * JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA--Northampton, MA (Lunch Lady, Platypus Police Squad, two-time Children's Choice Award winner) * VICTORIA JAMIESON--Portland, OR (Newbery Honor-winning author/illustrator of Rollergirl ) * GEORGE O'CONNOR--Brooklyn, NY (author/illustrator of First Second's Olympians series) * BEN HATKE--Strasburg, VA (author/illustrator of New York Times bestselling Zita the Spacegirl series) * JORGE AGUIRRE--Montclair, NJ, and RAFAEL ROSADO--Worthington, OH (author and illustrator of Giants Beware! and Dragons Beware! from First Second) * LARK PIEN--Oakland, CA (colorist of multi-award winners Boxers & Saints and American Born Chinese ) * MATT PHELAN--Ardmore, PA (author/illustrator of Scott O'Dell Award winner The Storm in the Barn ).