Knopf editors Erin Clarke and Michelle Frey discuss diversity, race, gender, and the portrayal of characters on book covers with students at the Bankstreet School for Children in New York City.

Bankstreet School students examine various book covers.

Author Elizabeth Eulberg with student Macallan Durkin at TEDXTeen in New York City. Eulberg met Macallan at last year’s TEDXTeen and was so taken by her name, she decided to use it in an upcoming novel. Though the author never had the chance to tell the teen, she was reunited with her this year. Photo by Rocco Staino.