Banned Books Discussion

Cat Winters is an author of ghostly historical novels for teens and adults and a picture book biography for children. She is also a poet, a playwright, and a co-leader of the Oregon chapter of Authors Against Book Bans. She has been named a Morris Award finalist, a Bram Stoker Award nominee, an Oregon Book Awards finalist, and an Oregon Spirit Book Award winner, and her young adult novels have appeared on Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Booklist best-of-the-year lists, as well as numerous state lists. Visit her online at catwinters.com.

Cathy Camper is the author of the award-winning Lowriders in Space graphic novel series, Arab Arab All Year Round, Ten Ways to Hear Snow and Bugs Before Time. She also writes zines and is a founding member of the Portland Women of Color zine collective. An Arab American, Cathy is a librarian and lives in Portland, Oregon.

Alicia Tate is a librarian with Multnomah County Library and a lifelong fan of YA fiction. In their professional life, Alicia is part of the library’s Black Cultural Library Advocates team, which consists of dedicated staff who provide services, culturally relevant programming and materials for the Black community. Outside of their work life, Alicia enjoys starting art projects that rarely get completed, shopping at thrift stores, building LEGO sets, and collecting and listening to vinyl records.

Vice Chair/Interim Secretary, Literary arts board of directors

Cartoonist & Illustrator

Jonathan Hill drew on both the experiences of his Vietnamese American family and his love of ’80s sci-fi shows for first book in this series, Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy, which was named to several state award lists. He is also the creator of Odessa and the cocreator, with MK Reed, of Americus and Science Comics: Wild Weather: Storms, Meteorology, and Climate. An Ignatz Award–nominated graphic novelist, illustrator, and educator, he lives in Portland, Oregon.