Since its creation in 1999, the Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature has hosted numerous authors and illustrators.
- March 1, 1999: Suzanne Fisher Staples
- September 30, 1999: Jack Gantos
- February 10, 2000: Emily Arnold McCully
- November 9, 2000: Robert Sabuda
- October 25, 2001: Richard Peck
- February 27, 2001: Leonard Marcus
- April 19, 2001: Bill Harley
- June 11, 2001: Jack Gantos
- February 19, 2002: Carolyn Coman
- October 15, 2002: Kimberly Willis Holt
- September 25, 2002: Laura Tillotson
- February 17, 2003: Mary Azarian
- September 23, 2003: Jim Trelease
- October 8, 2003: Diane Wolkstein
- March 17, 2004: E.B. Lewis
- September 23, 2004: Jack Gantos
- September 28, 2004: Diane Stanley
- November 2, 2004: Marc Aronson
- October 17, 2005: Sharon Draper
- February 7, 2006: Mike Thaler
- April 20, 2006: Lois Lowry
- June 2, 2006: Jack Gantos
- September 18, 2006: Phillip Hoose
- September 19, 2006: Jacqueline Woodson
- November 14, 2006: Jan Greenberg
- March 27, 2007: Nikki Giovanni
- June 1, 2007: Tomie dePaola
- October 2, 2007: Shelley Pearsall
- November 11, 2008: Kerry Madden
- May 30, 2008: Mo Willems
- April 17, 2009: Christopher Myers
- April 18, 2009: Walter Dean Myers
- October 1, 2009: Chris Grabenstein
- November 2 2009: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- March 2, 2010: Gary Paulsen
- March 23, 2010: Deborah Wiles
- April 5, 2010: Deborah Ellis
- October 29, 2010: Nancy Werlin
- March 1, 2011: Rick Yancey
- November 15, 2011: Wendelin Van Draanen
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