Finding Unsung Heroes for Picture Book Biographies

Award-winning nonfiction picture book author Rita Lorraine Hubbard shares:

  • Where to find unsung heroes to write about
  • Vetting facts through professional relationships
  • Mining and repurposing hero stories for picture books
  • Building your source library
  • Unexpected places to find subjects.


Your Instructor


Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Rita Lorraine Hubbard

Rita Lorraine Hubbard is the author of a number of nonfiction books for adults and runs the children’s book review site Picture Book Depot. She is the author of Hammering for Freedom: The Story of William Lewis, which was awarded the New Voices Award by Lee & Low Books and has received three starred reviews, and The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read, illustrated by Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Oge Mora. Ms. Hubbard lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee.


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