Inspired by Roxane Gay at The Rumpus, here’s a long old list of writers and illustrators bringing more diversity to kid’s lit. And I promise you, it is not complete. 

1. Taro Yashima, picture book writer and illustrator
2. Sherman Alexi, YA
3. Karen Katz, picture book writer and illustrator
4. Lenore Look, chapter book writer
5. LeUyen Pham, illustrator
6. Jacqueline Woodson, writer all ages
7. E.B. Lewis, illustrator
8. Jorge Argueta, picture book writer
9. Yuyi Morales, picture book writer and illustrator
10. Pat Mora, writer
11. Charles R. Smith Jr., photographer
12. Sheila Hamanaka, picture book writer and illustrator
13. Jason Chin, nonfiction
14. Beatrice Hollyer, nonfiction
15. Francisco X. Alarcon, poetry
16. Maya Christina Gonzalez, picture book writer and illustrator
17. Alice Faye Duncan, picture book writer
18. Taeeun Yoo, picture book writer and illustrator
19. Allen Say, picture book writer and illustrator
20. Sandra L. Pinkney, picture book writer
21. Myles C. Pinkney, photographer
22. Jill Krementz, nonfiction
23. Karen English, chapter book writer
24. Pamela S. Turner, nonfiction
25. Walter Dean Myers, writer, various ages

26. Antwone Fisher, memoir
27. Holly Robinson Peete, picture book writer
28. Ryan Elizabeth Peete, picture book writer
29. Shane Evans, illustrator
30. Monica Brown, picture book writer, nonfiction
31. Shino Arihara, illustrator
32. Kashmira Sheth, picture book writer
33. Yoshiko Jaeggi, illustrator
34. Gene Luen Yang, graphic novelist
35. Roseanne Thong, picture book writer
36. Yangsook Choi, illustrator
37. Frances Park, picture book writer
38. Ginger Park, picture book writer
39. Jewell Park Rhodes, middle grade writer
40. Wong Herbert Yee, chapter book writer and illustrator
41. Mildred D. Taylor, middle grade writer
42. Susan Middleton Elya, picture book writer
43. Dan Santat, illustrator
44. Julius Lester, picture book writer
45. Bill T. Jones, picture book writer (and dancer)
46. Scott Goto, picture book writer and illustrator
47. Muriel Feelings, picture book writer
48. Tom Feelings, picture book illustrator
49. Matt de la Pena, writer, various ages
50. Kadir Nelson, illustrator
51. Carolivia Herron, picture book writer
52. Joe Cepeda, illustrator
52. Verla Kay, nonfiction
53. Pam Munoz Ryan, middle grade writer
54. Ruth Jeyaveeran, picture book writer and illustrator 
55. Gary Soto, writer, various ages
56. Susan Guevara, illustrator
57. Margot Theis Raven, picture book writer
58. Suzy Lee, illustrator
59. Ntozake Shange, picture book writer
60. Christopher Myers, illustrator
61. Jonah Winter, picture book writer
62. Ana Juan, illustrator
63. Marie Bradby, picture book writer
64. Rita Williams-Garcia, writer, various ages
65. Kathleen Krull, nonficition
66. Mary Hoffman, picture book writer
67. Ros Asquith, illustrator
68. Penda Diakite, picture book writer
69. Baba Wague Diakite, illustrator
70. Grace Lin, writer and illustrator
71. Uma Krishnaswami, writer, various ages
72. Sandra Belton, picture book writer
73. Cozbi A. Cabrera, illustrator
74. Pat Cummings, writer and illustrator
75. Samantha R. Vamos, picture book writer
76. Rafael Lopez, illustrator
77. Tetsuya Honda, picture book writer and illustrator
78. Paolo Bacigalupi, YA
79. Chirs Soentpiet, illustrator
80. Francisco Jiminez, writer, various ages
81. Malin Alegria, YA
82. Malinda Lo, YA
83. Aristophane, graphic novelist
84. Thannha Lai, middle grade
85. Edwidge Danticat, picture book writer
86. F. Zia, picture book writer
87. Vera Brosgol, graphic novelist
88. Jeannie Baker, picture book writer and illustrator
89. Ying Chang Compestine, picture book writer
90. Yan Nascimbene, illustrator
91. Eric Velasquez, picture book writer and illustrator
92. Arthur Levine, picture book writer
93. Julian Hector, illustrator
94. Meg Medina, writer, various ages
95. Claudio Munoz, illustrator
96. Kelly DiPucchio, picture book writer 
97. bell hooks, picture book writer
98. Susan Grigsby, picture book writer
99. Nikki Grimes, picture book writer
100. Ezra Jack Keats, picture book writer and illustrator
101. Taro Gomi, picture book writer and illustrator
102. Taro Miura, picture book writer and illustrator
103. Isabel Allende, YA
104. Lee Tae-Jun, picture book writer
105. Kim Dong-Seong, illustrator
106. Faith Ringgold, picture book writer and illustrator
107. Marie Hall Ets, picture book writer and illustrator
108. Kip Fulbeck, photographer and writer
109. Brenda Woods, middle grade writer
110. John Parra, illustrator

…And just in case you wanted more info on each person, you can find it in my archives.