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​Romina Garber is a New York Times and international bestselling author whose books include Lobizona, Cazadora, & the ZODIAC quartet. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised in Miami, Florida, Romina landed her first writing gig as a teen—College She Wrote, a weekly Sunday column for the Miami Herald that was later picked up for national syndication—and she hasn’t stopped writing since. She is a graduate of Harvard College and a Virgo to the core.


​Tessa Gratton is the New York Times Bestselling author of adult and YA SFF novels and short stories that have been translated into twenty-two languages, nominated twice for the Otherwise Award, and several have been Junior Library Guild Selections. Her most recent novels are the dark queer fairy tales Strange Grace and Night Shine, and the queer Shakespeare retelling Lady Hotspur. Her upcoming work includes The Mercy Makers (Orbit 2025), and novels of Star Wars: The High Republic. Though she has lived all over the world, she currently resides at the edge of the Kansas prairie with her wife. Queer, nonbinary, she/he/they.


​Claudia Gray is the pseudonym of Amy Vincent. She is the author of the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, including The Murder of Mr. Wickham, The Late Mrs. Willoughby, and The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, as well as the writer of multiple young adult novels, including the Evernight series, the Firebird trilogy and the Constellation trilogy. In addition, she’s written several Star Wars novels, such as Lost Stars and Bloodline. She makes her home in New Orleans with her husband Paul and assorted small dogs.


​Joe Hart is the Edgar Award-winning and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eighteen novels that include The River Is Dark, Obscura, The Last Girl, and Or Else. His upcoming releases in 2025 include the twisty domestic suspense novel, I Become Her as well as a psychological horror novel titled Wyndclyffe. His work has been translated into eight languages and has been optioned for film. He lives with his family in Minnesota.



​Amanda Helander (pronounced “HELL-ander”) is a romantic fantasy author and paralegal from Seattle, Washington. She likes to write about mental health struggles and hot wizard boyfriends. When she’s not writing, Amanda can be found watching horror movies, learning to crochet, or eating entire blocks of parmesan in one sitting.


​Justina Ireland is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including Dread Nation, Deathless Divide, and the Scott O’Dell Award winning middle-grade novel Ophie’s Ghosts. She is also the author of many Star Wars books and one of the story architects of Star Wars: The High Republic. You can find her work wherever great books are sold.


​S. Isabelle is a reader, writer, and hoarder of books. After earning a Master’s degree in library science, she took that love of reading to youth librarianship. She is the author of The Witchery and its sequel, Shadow Coven, as well as the forthcoming The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick.​ When she isn’t writing, you can find her binge-watching TV shows, drinking heavily-sweetened coffee, or stressing over baseball.


​Lauren Kate is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of eleven novels, including the young adult series Fallen and Teardrop, and most recently, the adult rom-com What's In a Kiss?. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and have sold over ten million copies worldwide. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.
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​Shana Keller is the award-winning author of Bread for Words: a Frederick Douglass Story, an Irma S. Black Honor Award; Ticktock Banneker’s Clock, Best STEM Book, Children’s Book Council; The Peach Pit Parade, all published by Sleeping Bear Press; and Do You Know Them?, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. She currently resides in North Carolina.

​Lily LaMotte is the author of the ALA Top Ten graphic novel for kids and the Cybil Award winning middle grade graphic novel Measuring Up. Her debut picture book Chloe’s Lunar New Year earned a starred review from School Library Journal. When she isn’t writing, she cooks up new recipes and explores new crafts. She also loves to load up the campervan for a writing retreat camping trip with her husband and dog. Lily is a graduate of Hamline’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She’s passionate about libraries and served on the King County Library System Foundation Board.
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​Lisa Mantchev is a temporally displaced Capricorn who casts her spells from an ancient tree in the Pacific Northwest. When not scribbling, she is by turns an earth elemental, theater nerd, treasure hunter, and domestic goddess. She shares her office with eight vintage typewriters and her abode with her husband, children, upstairs cats and downstairs dogs.
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​Siobhan Mulligan grew up near Atlanta, Georgia, before moving to Scotland to pursue a master’s degree (and then doctorate) in creative writing. She has researched urban fantasy, the Southern Gothic, and the southern belle, while teaching workshops on subjects such as ecopoetry and writing the fantastic. Her poetry has been published in New Writing Scotland, CALYX, and Phi Kappa Phi Forum, among others. She currently lives in Glasgow, where in her free time she plays video games and practices historical fencing.


​June CL Tan is the critically acclaimed and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Darker By Four duology and Jade Fire Gold. Her Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection books have garnered multiple starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and BCCB, and she was also one of PW’s Flying Starts in 2021. A Singaporean raised on a diet of teh tarik, classic books, and wuxia movies, she enjoys telling stories that draw on both the traditional and modern to create something fresh to the eye, but familiar to the heart.
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​April Genevieve Tucholke is the bestselling author of several books, including Rebecca the White House Raccoon, The Secret Life of Hidden Places, Merry and Hark: A Christmas Story, Beatrice Likes the Dark, and The Boneless Mercies. She was a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, and her acclaimed, award-winning books have been published in sixteen countries and have received ten starred reviews. April Genevieve has lived all over the world, from Portland, Oregon to Edinburgh, Scotland. She currently lives in Savannah, Georgia.
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