A smiling woman with short brown hair and glasses poses in front of shelves filled with colorful books. She is wearing a patterned top, a necklace, and pearl earrings.

Debbie Levy

Debbie Levy is the author of more than thirty acclaimed books for young people, including the New York Times best-selling I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark (Sydney Taylor Book Award, National Jewish Book Award, Orbis Pictus Honor); Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice (Bank Street College Best Children’s Book, Nerdy Book Award for Graphic Novels, 2021 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens); and This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality (with Jo Ann Allen Boyce) (Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Robert F. Sibert Honor). In addition to writing books for young people, Debbie has experience as a newspaper editor and a lawyer.