Nicole Marie is the author of After Intelligence: The Hidden Sequence, her debut novel. When not reading or writing, she enjoys exploring new places and taking long hikes with her husband, which often inspire her best ideas.

Lo Patrick is a former lawyer and current novelist living in the suburbs of Atlanta. Her debut novel, *The Floating Girls*, earned a starred review from *Publishers Weekly*, was a finalist for the Townsend Prize for Fiction, and received a *Reader's Digest* distinction. She is also the author of *Fast Boys and Pretty Girls*.

John Michael Green is an American author and YouTuber.

Jerome David Salinger was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Susan Eloise Hinton is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels (YA) set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders (1967), which she wrote during high school.

Stephen Chbosky is an American film director, screenwriter, and author.