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The judges for The Diverse Book Awards 2025
'There is a wealth of great talent out there but many of them face real barriers to getting their work seen and published. The Diverse Book Awards will remove those barriers'
- Rob Green, editor of Pen & Inc

Longlist judges

Longlist judges from top left:
Top row: Adult judges
Bobita Day, Senior Business Analyst and former co-chair of Simon & Schuster Int'l DEI Council
Mohammed Shaikh, Blogger
Jane Graham Maw, Literary Agent at Graham Maw Christie
Second row: YA judges
Caroline Fielding, YLG National Conference Exhibition Manager
Pauline Mutebe, Personal Assistant and Publishing Assistant
Charlotte Murphy, Personal Assistant and Book Blogger
Third row: Children's judges
Tom Griffith, Headteacher and Children’s Book Blogger
Karen Whittingham, Acquisitions and Engagement Librarian
Sarah Keshani, Secondary School English Teacher and Children’s Book blogger
Last row: Picture Book judges
Maya McKenzie, Assistant Head Teacher of Inclusion and SENDco
Alison Leach, Director of BooksForTopics
Ian Eagleton, Children's Author
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