Denfeld
Rene is the author of the acclaimed novels The Child Finder, The Enchanted, and The Butterfly Girl. Her literary thrillers explore themes of survival, resiliency and redemption, and have earned starred Library Journal reviews, glowing NYTBR reviews, and Indie Next picks. Margaret Atwood has proclaimed her work “astonishing” and The Butterfly Girl a “heartbreaking, finger-gnawing, yet ultimately hopeful novel.” […]
Copeland
Libby Copeland is an award-winning journalist who writes about science and culture for outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Atlantic and Smithsonian Magazine. Her 2020 book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are, looks at the impact of the recreational DNA testing industry on the American family, and on the questions it […]
Cantor
Jillian Cantor has a BA in English from Penn State University and an MFA from the University of Arizona. She is the USA Today and internationally best-selling author of 11 novels for teens and adults, which have been chosen for Indie Next, Library Reads, Amazon Best of the Month and have been translated into 13 […]
Burke
Marcus Burke grew up in Milton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Susquehanna University where he played four years of Varsity basketball. Burke went on to receive his MFA at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop where he was awarded a Maytag Fellowship, an Iowa Arts Fellowship, and upon graduation, a competitive grant in honor of James Alan McPherson […]
Khan
M.T. Khan is a speculative fiction author with a penchant for all things myth, science, and philosophy. She focuses on stories that combine all three, dreaming of evocative worlds and dark possibilities. Her debut novel, Nura and the Immortal Palace, is due summer of 2022. Set in a rural industrial town in Pakistan, the middle […]
Jahn-Clough
Lisa Jahn-Clough has published over a dozen picture books and three young adult novels. Her work has won awards from Child Magazine, Parent’s Choice, Bank Street, Raising Readers, and Entertainment Weekly. Her latest novel is Nothing But Blue. She is working on the text for a series of early-reader graphic comic books. Lisa earned a […]
Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author, and winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, whose writing spans young readers, teens, and adults. Combined, her books have sold more than 8 million copies. Her book SHOUT, a memoir-in-verse about surviving sexual assault at the age of thirteen and a manifesta for the […]
Gregorio
I. W. Gregorio (she/her) is a practicing surgeon by day, award-winning YA writer by night. Her debut novel, None of the Above was a Lambda Literary Finalist, a Publishers Weekly Flying Start, and named to the ALA Rainbow List, among other honors. It has also been banned by the Leander, TX School District, and is […]
Glidden
Sarah Glidden is a cartoonist and illustrator working primarily in non-fiction and reportage comics. Her debut graphic novel, How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, was published in 2010. Her second book, Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, was published in 2016 by Drawn and Quarterly. In Rolling Blackouts, Cartoonist Sarah Glidden accompanies […]
Altman
Mara Altman writes about issues that embarrass her (i.e. chin hair), because she has found that putting shame on the page diffuses the stigma, leaving her with a sense of empowerment and freedom. Her favorite thing is when a reader writes to her and says something like, “I have chin hair, too!” or “Hemorrhoids!” Mara has […]