Read or listen to a book from a local! For Pioneer Day 2023 we’re sharing this collection of books by authors and illustrators from Utah in Granite’s Sora.
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Poster: Utah Authors and Illustrators * Read Local
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Utah Authors and Illustrators
The following is a list of the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators who live or have lived in Utah and have books currently included in our Sora collection.
- Brodi Ashton
- Shelly Brown
- Orson Scott Card
- Kristen Chandler
- Frank L. Cole
- Ally Condie
- Chris Crowe
- James Dashner
- Bree Despain
- Heather Dixon
- Peggy Eddleman
- Ann Dee Ellis
- Leo Espinoza
- Richard Paul Evans
- Rosalyn Eves
- Becca Fitzpatrick
- M.L. Forman
- Linda Gerber
- Jessica Day George
- Dean Hale
- Nathan Hale
- Shannon Hale
- Becky Hall
- Dustin Hansen
- Christian McKay Heidicker
- Colleen Houck
- Marion Jensen
- Matthew J. Kirby
- Mike Knudson
- Sara B. Larson
- Lindsey Leavitt
- Mackenzi Lee
- Lisa Mangum
- Yamile Saied Méndez
- Chad Morris
- Brandon Mull
- Stephanie Meyer
- Jennifer Nielsen
- Sofiya Pasternack
- Aprilynne Pike
- Micah Player
- Kathryn Purdie
- Bobbie Pyron
- Jean Reagan
- Celesta Rimington
- Tiffany Rosenhan
- Brandon Sanderson
- J. Scott Savage
- Rebecca Shelley (R.D. Henham)
- Liesl Shurtliff
- Gloria Skurzynski
- Obert Skye
- Crystal Smith
- Erin Summerill
- Ilima Todd
- Wendy Toliver
- Michael O. Tunnell
- Dan Wells
- Robison Wells
- Tyler Whitesides
- Carol Lynch Williams
- Sara Zarr
Are we missing someone? Let us know! Students and staff in Granite School District can make recommendations for Sora purchases using our ‘Suggest a Sora Purchase’ form.
You can also comment below with suggestions or corrections to this list.
Hat tip to Brad Butcher, retired librarian of Evergreen Jr. High, who for years curated a list of Utah authors in the school library collection which we used as a starter for this list.
Additional Resources
Requests and Recommendations
Are we missing something? Let us know! Students and staff in Granite School District can make recommendations for Sora purchases using our ‘Suggest a Sora Purchase’ form.
More Collections
Want to see what we are curating in Sora? Log in to Sora with your username (9-number for students) and regular password and visit the Explore screen, or browse other posts in our Sora New Releases and Features series.
Sora Help and General Information
Want more information about Sora? Visit our dedicated Sora help page for Granite students and staff at sora.edtech.fun (https://www.graniteschools.org/edtech/sora/).
