Stephanie Garber is an American author of young adult fiction known for the Caraval and Once Upon a Broken Heart which were interconnected trilogies..

Ransom Riggs is an American writer and filmmaker best known for the book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children..

Holly Black is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction.

Kerri Maniscalco is the #1 New York Times and international bestselling author born and raised in the Hudson Valley of New York, who grew up in a semi-haunted house outside NYC. She is known for the gothic thriller Stalking Jack the Ripper quartet, the Kingdom of the Wicked fantasy romance trilogy, and her adult fantasy romance Prince of Sin series. She was raised to love reading by parents who took her to libraries and bookstores every weekend.

Mai Corland is a Korean American attorney and writer, born in Seoul and adopted into New York. She studied in Florida at Rollins College and the University of Miami. She is the author of the epic fantasy trilogy beginning with Five Broken Blades, followed by Four Ruined Realms, and the romantasy Verity Guild.

Leigh Bardugo is an Israeli-American author of young adult and fantasy fiction. She is a #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and the creator of the Grishaverse — spanning the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, The Language of Thorns, and the King of Scars duology — now adapted as a Netflix series. She is based in Hollywood.