Nadia Salomon

Nadia Salomon is an award-winning author and journalist. Her picture book, Goodnight Ganesha, is a Bank Street Best Book of the Year and ALA, ALSC Dia selection. A Voice of Hope is the 2025 Children & Youth Literary Award winner for  non-fiction and a 2025 Notable Social Studies Trade Book. Her third book, A Rakhi for Rakesh, releases with HarperCollins (Versify). Nadia is also the founder of THE BOOK OF NADIAS – a social group dedicated to Nadias who write and illustrate kidlit.

Nadia works closely with SCBWI, 12x12 Challenge, Kids Comics Unite, and Storyteller Academy. When she’s not teaching a class or spinning yarns, you’ll find her blogging about her favorite reads on Nadia’s Nook. Visit her website NadiaSalomon.com or follow her on Instagram @NadiaSalomon.Author and @nadias.nook.