Angela Dalton

Angela Dalton is an award-winning author of children's literature. Her most recent picture book, To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Civil Rights, won the 2024 Northern California Book Award for Children's Literature. Her work has also been recognized by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, Jane Addams Peace Association, and other esteemed organizations. Her titles include If You Look Up to the Sky, Ruby's Reunion Day Dinner, Show the World!, and her forthcoming early reader, Freedom Celebration: A Juneteenth Party.

When she's not reading or writing, Dalton is involved in several organizations that support children's literacy. She is the executive director and co-founder of Storytime Friends, a board member of Tandem Partners in Early Learning Literacy, and a writing mentor for fourth and fifth-grade students at Chapter 510 in Oakland, California.