Gateway Church Austin

Don Tate is an award-winning author and the illustrator of numerous critically acclaimed books for children. Books he’s illustrated include the Roto and Roy series, books one and two (Little Brown, 2021); Swish! The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, and many more. Don is a founding host of The Brown Bookshelf, a blog dedicated to advocating for books created by African American youth literature creators. Don and his wife, Tammy, and son, Kolby, live in Austin, Texas.