Ginny Myers Sain is the New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies, Secrets So Deep, and One Last Breath. She lives in Florida and has spent the past twenty years working closely with teens as a director and acting instructor in a program designed for high school students seriously intent on pursuing a career in the professional theatre.

Jennifer Niven is the Emmy Award-winning #1 New York Times and International bestselling author of ten books, including All the Bright Places and Holding up the Universe. Her books have been translated in over 75 languages, and All the Bright Places has won literary awards around the world. It was named a Best Book of the Year by Time Magazine, NPR, the Guardian, and others. The film starring Elle Fanning, Justice Smith, and Luke Wilson, is now streaming on Netflix, with a script by Jennifer and Liz Hannah.

Adam Silvera was born and raised in the Bronx. He has worked in the publishing industry as a children’s bookseller, at a literary development company, and as a book reviewer of children’s and young adult novels. His debut novel, More Happy Than Not, received multiple starred reviews and is a New York Times bestseller, and Adam was selected as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start. He is also the author of History Is All You Left Me and They Both Die at the End. Adam lives in New York City.

J. K. Rowling was born in 1965, and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent. She studied at Exeter University, where she gained a French and Classics degree. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London King's Cross train journey. This first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), was an unprecedented success. The novels in the series which have succeeded it have won numerous awards and been translated into over sixty languages. The Harry Potter books have exceeded sales of 300 million copies.