Jolene Gutiérrez

School librarian Jolene Gutiérrez spends her days sharing children’s books and her nights writing them. She knows their power to change and even save lives. Jolene is an active member of SCBWI, a Children’s Book Academy scholarship winner and graduate, a We Need Diverse Books mentorship finalist, a Writing with the Stars mentee (with picture book author Stacy McAnulty), a Highlights Foundation scholarship winner, and the winner of the Cynthia Levinson nonfiction picture book biography scholarship to the Writing Barn. Find her at writerjolene.blogspot.com, facebook.com/writerjolene, and twitter.com/writerjolene.