Author Details

Keila V. Dawson

Keila V. Dawson is a two-time Ohioana finalist who writes fiction and nonfiction picture books. An International Reading Association award recipient, Dawson’s books have been featured on many best books and state reading lists. She is a coeditor of NO WORLD TOO BIG: YOUNG PEOPLE FIGHTING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, NO VOICE TOO SMALL: FOURTEEN YOUNG AMERICANS MAKING HISTORY, the forthcoming NO BRAIN THE SAME: YOUNG NEURODIVERGENT ACTIVISTS SHAPING OUR FUTURE and the author of YUMBO GUMBO, El gumbo más delicioso/Yumbo Gumbo, and OPENING THE ROAD: VICTOR HUGO GREEN AND HIS GREEN BOOK.