Emily Jenkins, who sometimes uses the pen name E. Lockhart, is an American writer of children's picture books, young adult novels, and adult fiction.

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.

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.

Alexandre Dumas, also known as Alexandre Dumas père, was a French novelist and playwright..