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.

Devney Perry is a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author of over fifty romance novels. Born and raised in Montana, she now lives in Washington with her husband and two sons. After working in the technology industry for a decade, she left her corporate career to pursue writing, and has since expanded into romantasy with her Shield of Sparrows trilogy.

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

Lynn Painter is an American contemporary romance author.

K. L. Walther is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules, While We're Young, We're a Bad Idea, Right?, Maybe Meant to Be, and What Happens After Midnight, among others. Born and raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, she studied at the University of Virginia and is happiest on the beach with a book, cheering for the New York Rangers, or enjoying a rom-com.