Sheletta Brundidge is an Emmy-Award winning comedian, radio host, entrepreneur and picture book author. She founded a podcasting platform and production company called ShelettaMakesMeLaugh.com to amplify diverse voices in media. Sheletta has been featured in People magazine and USA Today and has appeared on Good Morning America, The Tamron Hall Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Today Show and CBS Mornings. When three of her four children were diagnosed with autism, Sheletta made it her mission to encourage and advocate for other parents who have special needs children. She's co-authored three best-selling autism children's books including her latest, Brandon Spots His Sign, which gained national attention after she received personal praise from President Joe Biden. She can be heard weekly on The Sheletta Show on CBS Radio or on one of the podcasts she hosts on the podcasting network she created to celebrate Black culture.
As a teen, Lily joined the Navy to see the world and pay for school. She spent the following years as a freelance writer, editor, and ghostwriter, and has had five plays produced on three continents. Her most phenomenal works are the two daughters she produced with her talented husband, filmmaker Patrick Coyle. In 2011, Lily took an editing position at an indie publishing company and now owns Beaver's Pond Press in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She's blessed to be surrounded day and night by stories and storytellers.
Darcy Bell-Myers has loved to draw since she was a little girl. She lives with her husband and three children, who also love to draw, in Stillwater, Minnesota. As the mom of a child on the autism spectrum, Darcy has experienced the struggles and superpowers of these remarkable kids firsthand. The illustrator of books that include Shiva's Dance; Needles: The First Christmas Tree; Mary Emma, Walk!; Wyatt's Big Day; and Higgledy Piggledy, she's also the author/illustrator of The Animal Babies ABC Book of Ballet. Her books have won honors and awards, including San Diego Book Award Best Published Picture Book, Parents' Choice, Dr. Toy, National Library Association, and IPPY. You can find more of her work at www.bellmyers.com
