Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including Diamond Fever! , Fallout , Undefeated , Born to Fly , The Port Chicago 50 , and Bomb . He is also the co-author, with Ruta Sepetys, of the New York Times bestselling middle grade novel, The Bletchley Riddle. His accolades include a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal and Honor, and three National Book Award finalist honors. He lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children. www.SteveSheinkin.com Maurice Ashley is a Chess Grandmaster, an ESPN commentator, a three-time national championship coach, and an author. In 1999 he earned the title of Chess Grandmaster, making him the first African American Grandmaster in the game's history, and in 2016 he was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame.

He lives in Florida. MauriceAshley.com Thien Pham is a graphic novelist and educator based in Oakland, CA. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo and the illustrator for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up , written by Gene Luen Yang. His graphic novel, Family Style , a memoir about his family's immigration to America told through the lens of food, has been on numerous best-of lists including the Washington Post 's "Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2023" and Publishers Weekly 's "20 Books We Love." Family Style was a finalist for the ALA YALSA Excellence in Non-Fiction and won an Eisner award for Best Memoir Graphic Novel. Currently, Pham is working on his next graphic novel, teaching, and eating. A lot.

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