New Mexico Authors

(1937-2020) Noted New Mexico author and champion of literacy, often writing bilingual stories. Best known books for young people: The First Tortilla and How Hollyhocks Came to New Mexico and The Farolitos of Christmas and Bless Me, Ultima which has been the basis for a play, a film, and an opera.

(1903-1986) Margaret Pond Church. Watrous-born poet and author. Best known for The House at Otowi Bridge : the story of Edith Warner and Los Alamos. Received the Governor's Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts and Literature in 1984. Named a Santa Fe Living Treasure in 1986. Author of several works for young people including The Burro of Angelitos and the bilingual book Shoes for the Santo Nino which was adapted into a children's opera.

(1890-1960) Silver City. Noted early African-American, Afro-Hispanic writer of the Harlem Literary Renaissance period. Author of the children's book, The Singing Bells.

Author, poet, naturalist. Many awards, including being a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her memoir One Hundred Names For Love (also a finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award). Author of numerous works of poetry, natural history, and history including The Zookeeper's Wife. Her memoirs, Twilight of the Tenderfoot recounts her early days on Tequesquite Ranch in New Mexico.

Writer of short stories for national periodicals, non-fiction books, and books for children.

Albuquerque. Retired from the US Forest Service after serving for over 40 years. Author / photographer of the Rose series of children's books, following the path of a balloon floating over Albuquerque.

(1929-2021) Santa Fe. Photographer; author/illustrator of many children's books including Mi escuela = My school and Mi Barrio and Fiesta U.S.A.

Writer of short stories for national periodicals, non-fiction books, and books for children.

Santa Fe. Noted actor, author of children's books including The Lemming Condition and Cosmo : [a cautionary tale ]; author of An Improvised Life : a memoir.

(1868-1934) Mary Hunter Austin. Prolific novelist, poet, critic, and playwright, as well as an early feminist and defender of Native American and Spanish-American rights; interacted with many New Mexican artists and authors. Visited Santa Fe at the urging of Mabel Dodge Luhan in 1918; returned to settle in 1924. Founded the Santa Fe Players, which became the Santa Fe Playhouse, in 1919. Very interested in Native American cultures and Hispanic art. Wrote one novel set in New Mexico, Starry Adventure (1931). Best known for her book The Land of Little Rain, an edition of which features photographs by Ansel Adams; collaborated with Adams on Taos Pueblo (1930). Author of a book for children, Basket Woman. Autobiography: Earth Horizon.

Author of children's books translated into Spanish, including Benito's Bizcochitos and Benito's Sopaipillas and Tia's Tamales.

Longtime Children's Librarian with Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System; freelance library consultant. Co-editor (with Valerie Nye) of True stories of censorship battles in America's libraries; co-author (with Nye) of the restaurant guidebooks Breakfast New Mexico Style and Breakfast Santa Fe Style. Author of READiscover New Mexico : a tri-lingual adventure in literacy, winner of the 2008 New Mexico Book Award.

Albuquerque. Political cartoonist, commercial artist; has done work for several area periodicals. Illustrator on several children's books, including the popular Eggbert, the Slightly Cracked Egg; author and illustrator of Showdown at the Food Pyramid.

Longtime elementary and special education teacher. Author of children's fiction including Santa Fe Tom and Turquoise Trail and Desert Bliss.

Las Cruces. Co-author with Chelsea Samaniego of a book for children, Hi, My Name is Corona! (Covid-19).

Member of the Navajo Nation, belonging to the Bitter Water and Water Flows Together clans. Studied journalism at New Mexico State University; M.A. from Western New Mexico University. Author of numerous books for children involving Native American folk tales and subjects including Monster Bird and Monster Slayer: A Navajo Folktale.

Author of the Young Adult fantasy series Gobbled and many books for children including the Math Pirates series. Writes adult time travel romance; author of the dystopian science fiction novel A Singular Second.

Santa Fe. Author of Pilgrim: Tales of a Traveling Cat and the children's book Nine Goldfish in David's Pond.

Santa Fe. Also writes as John Sanford. Under John Camp, author of the non-fiction books The Eye and the Heart and Plastic Surgery. Co-author (writing as John Sandford with spouse Michele Cook) of the Singular Menace series for Young Adults.

Copy editor for national publications. Author of numerous articles, short stories, and poems. Author of the novel A Matter of Possession, a collection of essays and poems entitled Huh, and other thoughts, and the grade school level book Ellen and the Backyard Fairies.

AKA: J.C. Cervantes. Professor at New Mexico State University; teaches writing and literature. Author of the children's book Tortilla Sun, which won a 2011 New Mexico Book Award. Author of The Storm Runner series, based upon Mayan mythology and set in New Mexico.

(1939-2023) Albuquerque author, instructor at UNM. Winner of 1994 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature & both the Hugo & Nebula Awards; author of science fiction, adult fantasy and young adult fantasy novels, including The Vampire Tapestry (set partially in Albuquerque & at the Santa Fe Opera). She is included in A Very Large Array: New Mexico Science Fiction and Fantasy and has written a memoir, My Father's Ghost: the Return of My Old Man & Other Second Chances. Also writes as Rebecca Brand.

Santa Fe. Has served as education director for the state Audubon Society and as a teacher. Author of the Young Adult novel Death Spiral: a Faith Flores science mystery set in Philadelphia.

(1896-1995) Born in Las Vegas New Mexico. Graduate of New Mexico Normal School (later Highlands University) and taught English there. For many years taught reading at Tesuque Pueblo, writing schoolbooks for the purpose; student stories and her experiences during that time are collected into In My Mother's House which was named a Caldecott Honor book in 1942. Author of 15 books for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Wrote several books about her travels in Latin America, including the Newbery Medal winner Secret of the Andes, and numerous books about Native Americans in the Southwest. Author of These Were the Valiant: A Collection of New Mexico Profiles.

Silver City; graduate of Western New Mexico University. Teacher; co-founder of the Aldo Leopold Charter School. Poet. Author of Young Adult novels set in the Mimbres area including Diamonds at Dusk and Diamonds at Dawn , and the dystopian science fiction novel Knocking on Heaven's Door.

Grew up in Los Alamos, now of Cedar Crest. Journalist, storyteller. Author of a collection of Norse folk and fairy tales for children, Fifteen Pounds of Muscle and Bounce.

Santa Fe. Narrative journalist. Author of Paranormal Mysteries, Cozy Mysteries, Teen & YA Fiction. Author of the mystery series about Santa Fe editor Taylor Browning, and the Rachel Blackstone "Reluctant Medium" series.

Albuquerque. Author of numerous novels, mostly for Young Adults, mostly fantasy, including Blackthorne and Familiar Magic. Also writes as K. Lynn Bay.

Santa Fe. Co-author, with spouse John Camp writing as John Sandford, of the bestselling Singular Menace series for Young Adults.

Born and raised in Albuquerque. Author of the Young Adult novel Sunshine is Forever which deals with teen depression.

Born in Hobbs. Masters in Communication from Eastern New Mexico University. Author of the Trinity The Troublemaker series of books for children.

Valerie Day-Sanchez. Degrees from New Mexico State University. Author of Young Adult and adult science fiction and fantasy books including Threshold and Harlow Whittaker & The Soothsayers.

Albuquerque. Speech-language pathologist often working in the public schools. Sponsor of poetry slam teams for young people. Numerous appearances as a guest poet/author at schools, libraries, poetry events, and teacher conferences. Author of several books for young people including Take Me There and Forget Me Not.

(1896?-1983) Santa Fe. Painter and art instructor credited with teaching many Native American students and influencing the Southwest Movement of Native American painting. Playwright. Collected folk tales. Author of books for children, some set in New Mexico, including Taytay's Children and Blue-Wings-Flying.

Santa Fe. Writer, illustrator. Author of three autobiographical novels reflecting her upbringing in New Mexico, and numerous books about natural science, mostly for young people. Works include: Stories on stone : rock art, images from the ancient ones and Paisano, the Roadrunner and Zozobra: The Story of Old Man Gloom which includes her experiences as a "Gloomie".

Santa Fe. Author of novels for young people including Of All the Stupid Things and The Crossroads and The Only Road.

Albuquerque. New York Times bestselling author of Young Adult novels including the Library Jumpers series and the Fated series.

Also writes as Lois Kerry. Albuquerque. Degree from UNM, and taught journalism there. Author of many best-selling books for young people, some of which have been made into films, including I Know What You Did Last Summer and Hotel for Dogs

Albuquerque. Former teacher; teacher of writing; speaker and workshop presenter. Author of many science books for children, including Sniffles, Sneezes, Hiccups, and Coughs and Prize-Winning Science Fair Projects; and the Young Adult novel When Heroes Die.

Silver City. Writer of science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and children's books. Award winner; co-founder of the Borderlands Writing Co-op. Short works in several anthologies. Author of the poetry collection The Mermaid Lucia. Author of the Hungry science fiction series for young children, and the fantasy novel Heron's Path.

AKA: M.M. Eboch. Pen name of Socorro author Kris Bock. Author of numerous books for young people, including The Ghost on the Stair and The Knight in the Shadows, which won a 2010 New Mexico Book Award. Author of several biographies for children including Jesse Owens: Young Record Breaker.

Author of books for children including the Elephant Family series.

Santa Fe. Author / co-author of several children's books including What is An Angel? and Selfish Sally; author of the work examining her son's death, Live Like Paul.

(1924-2014) Edith Laurette Duven Flaherty. Albuquerque. Author of several works including Deathweb and If Winter Comes and The Christmas Tree Murder (set in the Sandia Mountains). Author of books for children including Little Boy Lost, and memoirs including the award-winning Home Before Dark about growing up in the Great Depression.

Mesilla (Las Cruces) native. Award-winning poet. Author of the Young Adult novel I'm Not Missing.

Los Alamos. Environmental scientist, longtime at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Author of several collections of folk reports of fires in the Los Alamos area including Resilience and Renewal, Stories of the Cerro Grande Fire 20 Years and a children's book The Forest and the Fire.

Santa Fe. Editor, writer of articles. Co-author, with Diane Fisher and Mary Lou Cook, of You Can Help Someone Who's Grieving: a how-to healing handbook; author of the juvenile novel Pest Control.

Teacher of creative writing; visiting professor at UNM. Author of many popular children's books including the Rotten Ralph series. Winner of numerous awards.

Santa Fe. Author of the children's book Once Upon A Pizza: Eight crazy ways pizza wasn't really invented, and one it might have been.

Born in Albuquerque. Longtime counselor with Albuquerque Public Schools. Author of children's books including Amadito and Spider Woman and The Proud Little Burro.

Albuquerque. Mandan, Hidatsa and Tsimshian tribe heritage and is of Japanese descent. Author of a several children's books including Forever Cousins, involving young Native Americans balancing Rez and city life. Other titles include Rock Your Mocs and Deb Haaland and Too Much.

Best known for the Jumper books, basis for the movie of the same name. Also writes the 7th Sigma series. New York Times bestseller. Husband to author Laura J. Mixon. In 2012, elected President of the Science Fiction Writers of America.

(1962-2011) Santa Fe. Ballet dancer, film maker. Author and illustrator of several works including Herman and Poppy Go Singing in the Hills, a children's book about ponies exploring the hills of New Mexico.

Fort Sumner. Degree from Eastern New Mexico University. Author of the children's book Hannah Hummingbird.

Albuquerque. Civil rights lawyer; in 1998, named the ACLU-New Mexico's Attorney of the Year. Public school teacher, named Teacher of the Year by the New Mexico Association for the Gifted. Author of numerous books for young people including Meg Goes To America.

High Rolls native. Author of many books for young people, including Tyger Tyger: a Goblin Wars book and Firefighters to the Rescue and The Butterfly Book: a kid's guide to attracting, raising, and keeping butterflies.

Albuquerque, worked as a teacher for the Indian School Service. Author / co-author of several works, particularly for juveniles, including Told In The Twilight: A Collection of Pueblo and Navajo Stories and Navajo Mother Goose Rhymes (1938) and Komoki of the Cliffs (1934).

Longtime storyteller, noted for his bilingual (Spanish/English) stories and for covering Hispanic, Native American, and Anglo cultures. Has visited well over 3000 schools in pursuit of his craft. Numerous honors and awards, including the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts and being named a New Mexico Eminent Scholar by the New Mexico Commission on Higher Learning. Many popular titles, most of them for children, including The Day It Snowed Tortillas = El día que nevó tortillas and La Llorona = The Weeping Woman and The checker playing hound dog.

Sidney Hausman. Tesuque. Attended New Mexico Highlands University. Song writer, entertainer, artist. Author and illustrator of the children's books One Bullfrog and Cactus Critter Bash; illustrator on two books written by Gerald Hausman, Ghost walk : native American tales of the spirit and Turtle dream : collected stories from the Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Havasupai people.

Santa Fe author of children's stories set in New Mexico, including Just You and Me, Grandpa and Paloma and the Dust Devil at the Balloon Fiesta and Loco Dog and the Dust Devil in the Railyard.

E. Wylie James. Albuquerque. Author/illustrator of numerous works for young people, including The Mud Family and Listening at the Gate. Fantasy series: The Seeker Chronicles.

(1892-1942) Writer / illustrator of 24 books, many for young people, including The Will James Cowboy Book and Uncle Bill: a tale of two kids and a cowboy and the Newbery Award-winning Smoky the Cowhorse which had three film adaptations.

Graduate of New Mexico State University; Master of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Erikson Institute. Has worked in the field of early childhood for over twenty-five years. A Governor-appointed member of New Mexico's Early Learning Advisory Council. Author of the children's book Gust! Gust! Gust! about a young boy in northern New Mexico who overcomes his fear of the wind and learns how it benefits his village.

Portales author of the series about paranormal investigator Charley Davidson, set in Albuquerque, and the young adult Darklight series. New York Times bestseller.

Albuquerque. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UNM. Author of The Disgruntled Cowboy, a collection of short stories set in Territorial New Mexico. Author of children's books including The Boy Who Slew The Dragon! and The Littlest Elf.

Pecos Valley. BA degree with honors in history and social sciences. Author of several books about horses and New Mexico history, primarily for young people, including Youth on the Santa Fe Trail and Hero: the horse that rescued me.

Santa Fe. Educator, especially in media. Musician. Author of Rediscovering Christanna: Native Worlds and Governor Spotswood's Fort and the Young Adult historical fantasy novel The Planting of Bo-Ken.

Santa Fe. Author of several books for children including Barn Kitty and The Little Church Mouse of the Loretto Chapel.

Northern New Mexico. Author of several books for children including Same, Same But Different and My Travelin' Eye and Luna and Me : the true story of a girl who lived in a tree to save a forest.

Aztec New Mexico. Founding co-director of the Bisti Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project in New Mexico. Writing teacher; author of many books for young people including Remembering Grandpa and The Closet Ghosts and Monsoon.

Literary folklorist and cultural historian in the University of New Mexico’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Awarded the Américo Paredes Prize by the American Folklore Society. Author/translator on several works, including Amadito and the hero children = Amadito y los niños heroes, which won the Pablita Verde Award for outstanding children's publication from the Historical Society of New Mexico and the 2012 Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association.

AKA: Yosef Lapid. Retired professor in the government department at New Mexico State University. Author of numerous children's books including the Yara's Rainforest series and the award-winning Snowman Paul series.

(1896-1989) Taos. Painter, printmaker. Works in many collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Library of Congress, Museum of New Mexico, Roswell Museum and Art Center, and The Harwood Museum of Art. Illustrator on numerous books, especially for children, working with many authors including J. Frank Dobie. Author / illustrator of the children's book Perrito's Pup.

Grew up as a cowboy in Carrizozo, then of Truth or Consequences. High school administrator and rancher. Author of the Wyatt West books for young people, exploring ranching life.

Gallup. Author of New Mexico Kicks on Route 66. Co-author of the children's book The Goat in the Rug.

Graduate of New Mexico State University, now of Las Vegas Nevada. Sports announcer. Author of the children's books Five Trees for Mina and The Cat with 20 Toes.

Kelly Huegel Madrone. Taos. Editor, and writing coach, writer of articles for numerous publications. Author of several books for teens including LGBTQ: The Survival Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens.

(1888-1976) Came to New Mexico early in the 1900s. Wrote numerous works on Mayan and other pre-Columbian cultures, and Native American tribes of the Southwest, as well as biographies. Titles include The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Dragon Fly of Zuni. The Dark Star of Itza: The Story of a Pagan Princess was a runner-up for the 1931 Newbery Medal.

Albuquerque. Author/illustrator. Author of the children's book Where Butterflies Fill the Sky about her immigration from Kuwait.

Santa Fe. Professional actress, comedienne, puppeteer, and artist. Author of the children's book The Magical Mrs. Iptweet and Me.

Albuquerque, grew up in New Mexico. Photographer, published in numerous area publications. Songwriter. Author of books for children, including Sea Shoes and How the Unicorn Got His Horn Back.

Northern New Mexico. Co-author with brother Paul Meyer of Under the Cottonwood Tree: El Susto de la Curandera, a Latinx children’s adventure graphic novel set in Algodones.

Albuquerque. Author of over 50 books, primarily for young people, many bestselling and award-winning. Titles include Rio Grande Stories which is often used in area schools, several books in the Royal Diaries series, and other books about famous/royal females in history. Speaks on writing in area schools. Wife to author E.A. "Tony" Mares.

Albuquerque. Teacher of writing to elementary school children. Author of the children's book Jimmy : Toughest. Dog. Ever.

Lives in the Middle Rio Grande valley; retired high school teacher. Author of The Rio Grande Parallax series about a man and his young cousin in an alternative New Mexico. Author of the middle elementary book Trixie Finds Her People.

Alamogordo. Professional artist. Author of the children's mystery Toucan Jungle.

Santa Fe. Author, presenter, literary advocate. Longtime teacher. Strong advocate of bilingual literacy. Coined the term "bookjoy" to describe the pleasure of reading. Recipient of numerous awards. Author of numerous books for adults, teens, and children including Abuelos and Tomas and the Library Lady.

Also wrote as Helen Hale. (1918-2016) Albuquerque. Puppeteer and yoga teacher. Worked for a time with the Albuquerque / Bernalillo County Library System. Author of several children's books set in the Southwest including Dark Arrow and Magic Fingers set at Isleta Pueblo.

Santa Fe. Former teacher. Winner of numerous awards. Author of numerous works for Young Adults and children including Miguel Lost & Found in the Palace, set in the Palace of the Governors.

Diné, Utah & New Mexico. Degree in education; has taught for three decades around the Navajo Nation often teaching Navajo. Poet with works in numerous publications and anthologies including The Diné Reader. Author of a book for young people, Sacajawea : Translator and Guide.

Santa Fe. Illustrator for books and periodicals including Time magazine. Art featured in the 2002 Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies programs. Winner of numerous awards; works in many collections. Author of several books for children including Go West!.

Santa Clara Pueblo. Sociologist, Ph.D. from University of New Mexico. Has served as consultant to museums, language programs, and various agencies engaged in language and cultural preservation. Co-Director of the Northern Pueblos Institute from 2005-2010; vice president of the board of the Indigenous Languages Institute. Author / co-author / editor of several works including My Life in San Juan Pueblo: Stories of Esther Martinez and Sengbeh Enyukeh: Water-Jar Boy: A Tewa Story.

Aztec. Retired National Park Service Ranger. Writes a blog on travel. Author of a book for young people, The Dreaded Cliff.

Alamogordo. Author of the poetry collection Under the Mistletoe and the children's book Sleepyhead & His Adventures.

Associate professor of Spanish at UNM. Co-editor of A History of Mexican Literature and Colonial Itineraries of Contemporary Mexico: Literary and Cultural Inquiries. Co-author, with Enrique R. Lamadrid, of the bilingual book for children Sisters in Blue / Hermanas de azul: Sor María de Ágreda Comes to New Mexico.

AKA: Bobbi Salinas. (1943-2013) Santa Fe. Chicana activist, bilingual teacher, author, publisher and artist. Author of bilingual books for children and works about Indo-Hispanic folk art traditions, including Los Tres Cerdos: Nacho, Tito and Miguel and La Cenicienta Latina and Folk Art Traditions.

Taos Pueblo / Tarahumara, residing in California. Writer and grade school teacher, lead singer and songwriter for the Native American Northern drumming group The Mankillers. Author of Kiki's Journey about a young girl's trip from Los Angeles to visit her heritage with Taos Pueblo.

(1916-1989) Also wrote as: Kevin Connor; Frank O'Malley; Patrick O'Malley. Noted author of western and mystery novels who lived in Taos in the 1950s, his time there influencing his Western stories. Author of more than 60 novels, later in life turned to writing children's books. Several novels turned into films including The Bravados starring Gregory Peck and A Mule for the Marquesa which was the basis for the 1966 film The Professionals. Many of his western novels are set in New Mexico and around Taos; The Man Who Found His Way (1957) involves Hispanic witchcraft in northern New Mexico.

Albuquerque. Author of several books for children including the Henry and Friends series and That's How It Was: Operation Finders Keepers.

Albuquerque. Bible teacher, speaker, president of Life to the World Ministries, Inc. Owner of Word Productions publishing company. Author of several books including Battlefield Prayers; author of several children's books including Christopher’s Adventures: Chris Visits the Hospital and Christopher’s Adventures: A Prayer on Angel Wings.

Paul, Aileen

(1917-1997) Santa Fe. Graduated New Mexico Highlands University, served as director of communications for the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Producer and host of New York Cooks, a daily half-hour TV program. Author of numerous books for children on cooking and gardening including Kids Cooking and Cooking Calendar Cookbook for Kids and Kids' Indoor Gardening.

Paula Griffith Paul, also writes as Paula Paul, also writes as Catherine Monroe. Albuquerque. Author of many novels including Crazy Quilt and Dance with Me, Gods about a young Pueblo boy during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. Author of the Irene Seligman mystery series and the Dr. Alexandra Gladstone mystery series.

(1939-2021) Minnesota, Alaska; owned a ranch near Carrizozo, wife owned a gallery in Santa Fe. Noted author of children's books, some on school reading lists, including Hatchet, Brian's Winter, and Dogsong. Award-winning, including three times as a finalist for a Newbery Award. Some of his books illustrated with paintings by his wife, Ruth Wright Paulsen.

New Mexico folklorist. Author of several children's books and collections of folktales including Memories of Cíbola and Villages and Villagers, both in the Stories From New Mexico Villages series.

Nara Visa, northeastern New Mexico. Native New Mexican, rancher. Retired school teacher. Author of books for young people including Home on the Rocking R Ranch and Kuper Visits the Rocking R Ranch and Farming on the Rocking R Ranch.

Albuquerque. UNM professor; director of the Rio Grande Writers Project. Author of picture books for young people, including Don't Forget Winona and I have a sister -- my sister is deaf.

(1921-2020) Albuquerque. Career in advertising. Author of nineteen books for children, some of them award-winning, including I'm Emma, I'm a Quint and Cute is a Four-Letter Word and a book about teen suicide, How Could You Do It, Diane?.

Albuquerque. Author of the children's books The Keepsake Chest and Penny in the Road.

Popular, prolific author of poetry for children who met his soon-to-be-wife when he came to Albuquerque on a book tour. Recipient of many awards, including the inaugural Child's Poet Laureate award from the Poetry Foundation. Many popular titles including Awful Ogre's Awful Day and A Pizza the Size of the Sun and Pizza, pigs, and poetry : how to write a poem.

Las Cruces; split residences between Louisiana and New Mexico. Teacher of creative writing at several schools including New Mexico State University. Author of picture books for children, numerous novels, and more than a thousand short stories. Author of Within Sound of the Bugle about life in New Mexico's military forts, and Billy the Kid: the Good Side of a Bad Man. Author of Shalam: Utopia on the Rio Grande.

Taos. Painter, former high school English teacher. Author of the children's books SI' Si' the Circus Cat and Si' Si' and the Enchanted Circle.

AKA: D.M. Purnell. Central New Mexico. Writes Young Adult / New Adult, Paranormal Romance, Science Fiction, Dystopian Fantasy, and Poetry. Works in several anthologies including volumes of A Book To Last The Year; author of the fantasy novel Simone and the Serpent's Sword.

Southwest New Mexico. Short works in several anthologies. Author of A Very Short Writing Manual For The Utterly Clueless By Someone Who Has Been There. Author of Young Adult novels including the Federation Diplomat space opera series and several children's books including Call Me Tony.

Santa Fe. Longtime tutor, runs a tutoring service in Santa Fe. Author of book of math skills for children used by schools nationwide, Algebra Survival Guide: A Conversational Handbook for the Thoroughly Befuddled, and the related workbook.

Born in Santa Fe, lived in Albuquerque. Graduate of UNM. Longtime administrative assistant at Sandia National Laboratory. Author of a children's book, Sammy – the Real Cool Dog.

Born in Las Cruces, raised in Albuquerque. Author of La Estrella de La Navidad ("The Christmas Star"), an all-ages story about a family celebrating Christmas in New Mexico, with recipes.

Albuquerque. Degree in English Language and Literature/Letters from UNM. Writer of Adult Romance and Young Adult Urban Fantasy. Author of the Young Adult paranormal romance Shadow Spell series.

Albuquerque. Teacher of social studies and English. Author of numerous works for young people including Blue Birds and A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland (She Made History) and Miraculous

AKA: E.P. Rose. Galisteo. Sculptor, poet. Author of Poet Under a Soldier's Hat and some volumes of children's poetry.

Las Cruces. Co-author with Dominic Bewley of a book for children, Hi, My Name is Corona! (Covid-19).

Santa Fe. Landscape painter. Yoga instructor, author of Voices from the Mat : Yoga Poems and Meditations. Author of several books for young people including Contemporary Scenes for Contemporary Kids and Minute Monologues for Contemporary Teens and Kika and Sniff : Adventure in the Belowlands.

(1907-1991) Longtime resident of Santa Fe; owned the Turquoise Six Ranch near Cerrillos. Author of many Western novels, several of which were made into motion pictures. Noted titles include Shane (1954) and Monte Walsh (1963). Author of the history New Mexico.

Retired restaurateur and former journalist. Author / illustrator of the children's book Where Does This Line Go?: Penndittle E. Turtle Wants to Know.

(1860-1946) Co-founder and first Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of America. A naturalist, author, and artist, he also wrote The Boy Scout Handbook. Founder of the Woodcraft League of America and the School of Indian Wisdom. Author of stories for young people, some set in New Mexico. Produced numerous paintings and thousands of articles about the natural history of North America, becoming a world-famous environmentalist and lecturer.

Albuquerque. Degrees in theater and secondary education; teacher of middle and high school drama. Writer of urban fantasy and historical fantasy including the Skye of the Damned series, and Young Adult urban fantasy including the Windfire series.

Albuquerque. U.S. Chef's Open medalist and Pillsbury Bake-Off finalist. Teaches children's cooking classes. Co-author, with Melissa T. Stock and Lois Bergthold, of Cody Coyote Cooks! A Southwest cookbook for kids.

Santa Fe. Founder of Equine Body Balance™, instructor in Ortho-Bionomy. Freelance editor / writer, including for MicroStation Manager Magazine. Author of books for children including the Samantha Slade series.

Communications specialist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Author of the children's book Goodnight, Los Alamos

Santa Fe. Author / illustrator of many biographies, histories, picture books, and novels for young people including Roughing It On The Oregon Trail and The Giant and the Beanstalk and The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy.

Santa Fe. Playwright, librettist. Author / co-author of several children's books including Jethro's Difficult Dinosaur and The Bear Who Loved Puccini.

Navajo, born in Shiprock. Poet and lecturer. Degree from UNM, and taught there. Her poetry is noted for a strong rhythm derived from being composed in her native tongue. Numerous awards, including being named the Navajo Nation's first Poet Laureate. Many works / collections, including Blue Horses Rush In and A Radiant Curve: poems and stories. Author of books for children including Songs of Shiprock Fair and Navajo ABC: A Diné Alphabet.

Albuquerque. Author / illustrator of the children's book The Bear and Winter, which was published when she was 8 years old.

Albuquerque. Born & raised in Canada; Bachelor's Degree in Accounting. Administrator of the Black Creators HQ; recipient of a Highlights Foundation Muslim Storytellers Fellowship. Author of the children's book Fatima Tate Takes the Cake, involving a Black Muslim-American teenager and set in Albuquerque.

Albuquerque. Illustrator, sculptor, fine artist. Recipient of numerous awards for advertising. Author of numerous novels including the Scott Moss detective series. Author / illustrator of children's books including the Crocka Dog series and the What Makes A...? series.

Albuquerque. Degrees in Physics and Materials Engineering from UNM, worked at Sandia Labs. Prolific science fiction and fantasy author; writes Westerns under several pen names. Writer in several franchises including Star Trek, God of War, and BattleTech. Author / co-author of numerous science fiction, fantasy, and mystery series and many stand-alone novels, some for young people.

Also writes as Jennifer DeAnna. Degrees in English and Educational Leadership from UNM; ESL and middle school reading teacher. Podcaster. Creator of the Her Vision, Her Mission platform to encourage and empower women to live the life they truly desire. Author of 7 Steps to Being a Savvy Single Mom. Author of the McKinley Turlington Applebee series for children.

Albuquerque. Author of the children's book Evan and the Skygoats.

Northern New Mexico. Master’s in computer science and electrical engineering from UNM; longterm with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Author of the Mogi Franklin Mysteries, Southwest-based mysteries for middle-grade children.

Albuquerque. Retired elementary school teacher. Author of the Abi Wunder mystery series for children.

Santa Fe. Author, artist, art teacher, and art therapist. Former president of the Santa Fe Opera Guild. Author of the bilingual children's book The Adventures of Santa Fe Sam - Las Aventuras de Santa Fe Sam and Sedona's Search.