Mari Mancusi is an Emmy Award-winning former television news producer. She has written more than thirty sci-fi/fantasy books for kids, teens, and adults that have been published around the world. In addition to being a writer, Mari is an avid cosplayer, gamer, and horror film aficionado. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, daughter, and two dogs.
Jen Calonita is the author of the award-winning Secrets of My Hollywood Life and Fairy Tale Reform School series. She lives in New York with her husband, two boys, and two chihuahuas named Captain Jack Sparrow and Ben Kenobi. A huge Disney fan, Jen dreams of moving the whole family into Cinderella’s castle at Walt Disney World.
Delilah S. Dawson is the New York Times and USA Today-best-selling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Bloom, House of Idyll, The Violence, Ride or Die, Mine, Camp Scare, the Hit series, Midnight at the Houdini, and multiple books for Star Wars and Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft. She lives in Georgia with her family.
Jennifer Brody (writing as Vera Strange) is a graduate of Harvard University and a creative writing instructor. She began her career working in Hollywood on many films, including The Lord of the Rings and The Golden Compass. A lifelong fan of all things dark, weird, and wonderful, she’s always writing something exciting and new. She currently resides in Austin, Texas.
Karen Anne Buljo is a Sámi-Norwegian author and playwright. She has written several books for children and young adults and has been nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize twice. Buljo has served as chair of the Sámi Writers’ Association and earned a master’s degree in children’s literature from the Norwegian Institute for Children’s Book in 2024. She lives in Norway.
Tiffany Schmidt is a former sixth grade teacher living and creating mischief in Doylestown, PA. She’s married to a saint, the mother of three impish boys, and the owner of a mischievous pup. She is the author of nine acclaimed young adult novels. Tiffany believes in happy endings, reading under the covers, make believe, eating dessert before dinner, and writing the kissing scenes first.
Lou Anders is the author of the Thrones & Bones trilogy of fantasy adventure novels and Star Wars: Pirate’s Price. He lives with his wife, children, and two golden doodles in Birmingham, Alabama.
