Debbie Levy is an award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of many books for young people, including I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark; This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality (with Jo Ann Allen Boyce); The Year of Goodbyes: A True Story of Friendship, Family, and Farewells; A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight over Science in Schools; The Friendship Train: A True Story of Helping and Healing after World War II; and Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice. Her books have received many honors and awards, including the Sydney Taylor Book Award, National Jewish Book Award, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, and Orbis Pictus Honor. Before writing books for young people, Debbie was a newspaper editor, and before that, she was a lawyer. debbielevybooks.com Wesley Allsbrook is a Jewish neurodivergent illustrator and graphic novelist from Durham, North Carolina. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design, and her work has been recognized by the Art Directors Club, the Society of Publication Designers, the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, and Communication Arts. Once We Were Strangers is their debut picture book. Instagram @wesleyallsbrook
