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Meet Gia, our December 2025 guest judge! She is a youth activist, former educator, award-winning author, and much more!
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Gia Gordon
December 2025 Guest Judge
Co-Founder: Never Counted Out, Youth Activist, and more!
Gia Gordon is a disabled author, youth activist, and former educator. Her books have received starred reviews and accolades, including Kirkus Best Books for MG 2024, Bookshop.org Best Kids’ Chapter Books of the Year, 2024 Whippoorwill Award, and the Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended MG Title 2025. Gia is co-founder of the non-profit Never Counted Out, providing books to classrooms and community programs where access to books is limited. Common themes in Gia's work include chosen and found family, hidden identities, and living one's truth. When she’s not writing, Gia can be found thrifting or turning no-longer-wanted household goods into beautifully reimagined art.
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