Facing Fear

Karen Lynn Williams has written many books about children in adversity, including the bestselling My Name is Sangoel and Four Feet, Two Sandals with Khadra Mohammed (Eerdmans). Karen has lived in Haiti and Malawi, but now lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Visit her website at karenlynnwilliams.com.

Sara Palacios is the illustrator of Between Us and Abuela (FSG), 'Twas Nochebuena (Viking), One Big Family (Eerdmans), and many other books for children. In 2012, she received the Pura Belpr‚ Illustrator Honor for Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match (Children's Book Press). Sara was born in Mexico City and earned BFA and MFA degrees in Illustration from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Follow her on Instagram @sarapalaciosillustrations or visit her website at sarapalaciosillustrations.com.