Since its creation in 1999, the Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature has hosted numerous authors and illustrators.
- 1999: Suzanne Fisher Staples and Jack Gantos
- 2000: Emily Arnold McCully and Robert Sabuda
- 2001: Richard Peck, Leonard Marcus, Bill Harley, and Jack Gantos
- 2002: Kimberly Willis Holt, Carolyn Coman, and Laura Tillotson
- 2003: Mary Azarian, Jim Trelease, and Diane Wolkstein
- 2004: E.B. Lewis, Jack Gantos, Diane Stanley, and Marc Aronson
- 2005: Sharon Draper, Mike Thaler, and Jack Gantos
- 2006: Phillip Hoose, Jacqueline Woodson, Jan Greenberg, and Lois Lowry
- 2007: Nikki Giovanni, Shelley Pearsall, and Tomie De Paola
- 2008: Mo Willems and Kerry Madden
- April 2009: Christopher Myers
- October 2009: Chris Grabenstein
