May 18: Gaithersburg Book Festival cartoonist appearances

https://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/

 
Derrick Barnes is a National Book Award Finalist for his 2022 graphic novel, "Victory. Stand!-Raising My Fist For Justice," which also won the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award, and a Coretta Scott King Award Author Honor. He is also the author of the multi-award-winning picture book, "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut," which received a Newbery Honor, a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award and the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers. In 2020, he became the only author to win the Kirkus Prize twice for his twelfth release, The New York Times best-seller, "I Am Every Good Thing." Derrick is also the creator of The New York Times best-selling companion picture books, "The King of Kindergarten" and "The Queen of Kindergarten." Derrick will be presenting "Who Got Game?: Basketball: Amazing but True Stories!"
 
Cece Bell is the creator of the graphic novel "El Deafo," which was a Newbery Honor Book and a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winner; the Geisel Honor Book "Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover;" and "Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit, I Yam a Donkey!," "Bee-Wigged," "Itty Bitty," the "Chick and Brain" books and the "Sock Monkey" series. She has also created books with her husband, Tom Angleberger, including "Crankee Doodle" and the "Inspector Flytrap" series. Cece will be presenting "Animal Albums from A to Z."

John Patrick Green is a human with the human job of making books about animals with human jobs, notably the smash-hit graphic novel series, "InvestiGators." John is definitely a multiple New York Times best-selling human author and not just a bunch of animals in a trench coat pretending to have a human job. With over a million copies of "InvestiGators" in print, John is a successful human being with only two hands and a normal amount of fur. He lives in a Brooklyn apartment that doesn't allow animals other than the ones living in his head. John will be presenting "InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T."

 
Jonathan Roth writes and illustrates graphic novels ("Rover and Speck," named on ALA's 2023 Core Excellence in Children's Science Fiction Notable List) and chapter books ("Beep and Bob") aimed at young readers who like humorous, out-of-this-world adventures. His first picture book ("Almost Underwear") comes out this summer.  When not creating books or teaching elementary art, Jonathan can be found cycling, hiking, canoeing or napping. Jonathan will be presenting "Rover and Speck: Splash Down!"