Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. She is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality, and gender justice. Amanda's activism and poetry have been featured on
The Today Show, PBS Kids, and
CBS This Morning, and in the
New York Times, Vogue, Essence, and
O, The Oprah Magazine. In 2017, Urban Word named her the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States. After graduating cum laude from Harvard University, she now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles. The special edition of her inaugural poem, "The Hill We Climb," was published in March 2021 and debuted at #1 on the
New York Times, USA Today, and
Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Her debut picture book,
Change Sings, will be published in September 2021. Please visit
theamandagorman.com.
Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the
New York Times bestselling Otis series which is in development as an animated television series. He's also the illustrator of the #1
New York Times bestsellers
Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama and
Love by Matt de la Pena. He recently illustrated a modern edition of the Clement C. Moore classic
The Night Before Christmas. He lives near Cincinnati with his wife and rescue hound, Charlie. Visit him online at
LorenLong.com or on Twitter @lorenlong.
