Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hill We Climb, Call Us What We Carry, and the children's picture books Change Sings and Something, Someday. She has been nominated for a Grammy Award and was honored with the Chairman's Award at the 55th NAACP Image Awards. In a groundbreaking collaboration with the Estée Lauder Companies as a Global Changemaker, she established the Writing Change initiative to support grassroots organizations dedicated to advancing literacy as a pathway to social change. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University and now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles.
Loveis Wise is an artist, designer, creative director, and illustrator. Their work has been featured in publications like The New Yorker, TIME, and The New York Times. They've illustrated several picture books, including The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi, which won the Coretta Scott King Honor Award. They live in Los Angeles.
