Joy McCullough's debut YA novel Blood Water Paint was named to the National Book Award Longlist and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Debut Award. Her debut middle-grade novel, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, is a Junior Library Guild Selection. She writes books from her home in the Seattle area, where she lives with her husband and two children.
Caroline Tung Richmond is the award-winning author of The Only Thing to Fear, The Darkest Hour, and Hungry Hearts. She is also the program director of We Need Diverse Books. A self-proclaimed history nerd and cookie connoisseur, Caroline lives in Maryland with her family.
Tess Sharpe lives deep in the backwoods with a pack of dogs. She is the author of many books for children, teens, and adults, including the critically acclaimed YA novel Far From You and the Jurassic World prequel The Evolution of Claire. She is also the coeditor of Toil & Trouble, a feminist anthology about witches.
Jessica Spotswood is the author of the fantasy trilogy The Cahill Witch Chronicles and the contemporary novels Wild Swans and The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls. She is the editor of A Tyranny of Petticoats and The Radical Element and coeditor of Toil & Trouble. Jess lives in Washington, DC, where she works for the DC Public Library.
