Cheryl Willis Hudson is an award-winning children’s book author and co-founder of Just Us Books, an independent publishing company that focuses on Black-interest books for young people, which she co-founded with her husband Wade. Her published titles include the classic AFRO-BETS ABC Book; Bright Eyes, Brown Skin; and her most recent: Brave. Black. First. 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World. She and Wade co-edited the middle grade anthologies We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices and The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth, both published by Crown Books in partnership with Just Us Books. A member of the PEN Children’s Book Committee, Cheryl’s industry honors include the Madame C. J. Walker Legacy Award and 2019 CBC Diversity Award.
Angela Bole
As chief executive officer of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Angela Bole works to
