Phil Bildner

Phil Bildner is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five books for young people including the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor-winning middle grade novel, A High Five for Glenn Burke, the inaugural Margaret Wise Brown Prize-winning Marvelous Cornelius, and the Lambda Literary Award-winning, Glenn Burke, Game Changer. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed middle grade Rip & Red series as well as the picture books Twenty-One Elephants and The Soccer Fence. His latest book is the much-anticipated, mixed format upper middle grade novel, Too Big to Say, co-created by Mike Curato.

Phil is also the President and founder of The Author Village, the premier speakers’ bureau for authors for young people, educators, and librarians. A former attorney and middle school teacher in the New York City Public Schools, Phil earned his undergraduate degree from John Hopkins University, his law degree from New York University School of Law, and his master’s degree in education from Long Island University. He is also a leading activist in the fight against censorship and book bans.