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Sophie Wan is a Bay Area native who is now battling the winters in Philadelphia. She graduated from UC Berkeley and spends far too much time drafting emails and drinking tea.
Shubnum Khan is a South African author and artist.
Izzy Wasserstein is a queer, trans woman who teaches writing and literature. She was born and raised in Kansas and received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico.
Rebecca Serle is the New York Times bestselling author of
Yangsze Choo is the New York Times bestselling author of
Kacen Callender is the bestselling and award-winning author of multiple novels for children, teens, and adults, including the Stonewall Honor Book,
Gareth Brown wanted to be a writer from a very young age, and he completed his first novel as a teenager.
Douglas Preston is an author of thirty-nine books of both non-fiction and fiction, of which thirty-two have been New York Times bestsellers.
Emily Ruth Verona received her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Cinema Studies from the State University of New York at Purchase. In 2014, she won the Pinch Literary Award in Fiction.
Roy Liebman has had a lengthy library career, beginning with the Brooklyn and New York Public Libraries.