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)