R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps and Fear Street series, has sold over 400-million books and his books have been translated into 35 languages, making him one of the best-selling authors in history.

Sorboni Banerjee is a Bengali-American author and Emmy Award-winning television news anchor. Sorboni’s experiences growing up biracial shape her stories. She is a cofounder of the teen reading and leadership festival, YA by the Bay. 

Kelly Coon is the author of YA fantasy novels Gravemaidens and Warmaidens. She's an editor, a former Florida high school English teacher, and loves graveyards, dark chocolate, yoga, and traveling with her family. 

Jan Eldredge writes spooky, magical stories. Evangeline of the Bayou, published by HarperCollins Balzer + Bray, is her debut middle grade novel.

Christina Farley is the author of the Gilded series, The Princess and the Page, The Dream Heist, and The Immortal Secret.

Lauren Gibaldi is a public librarian and author of The Night We Said Yes, Autofocus and This Tiny Perfect World. With Eric Smith she co-edited the anthologies Battle of the Bands and First-Year Orientation.

Owl Goingback is the author of numerous novels, children’s book, screenplays, magazine articles, short stories, and comics. He is a three-time Bram Stoker Award Winner, a Nebula Award Nominee, and a Storytelling World Awards Honor Recipient.

Racquel Henry is a Trinidadian writer, editor, and writing coach. She owns the writing studio Writer’s Atelier and is the editor of both Black Fox Literary Magazine and Voyage YA. 

Adriana Hernández Bergstrom is a Cuban-American artist and children’s book author and illustrator. She is the author of Tumble and Abuelita and I Make Flan.

Sarah Zachrich Jeng grew up in Michigan and had a brief career as an aspiring rock star before she came to her senses and became a web developer. The Other Me is her first novel.

Paige Lavoie is the author of I'm In Love With Mothman. She writes stories about misfits, monsters & falling in love. 

Christy Mandin is an author, illustrator, and multi-passionate creative. The Storytellers Rule is her second picture book with HarperCollins. She lives in Central Florida with her husband and four children.  

Madeline Martin is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance with books translated into over twenty languages. 

Amy Christine Parker is the author of YA thriller novels GATED, ASTRAY, and the horror novel, FLIGHT 171. She also is a regular contributor at DIY MFA. When not writing, she loves to travel with her family and watch horror movies.

David James Poissant is the author of the novel Lake Life, a New York Times Editors' Choice selection, and the story collection The Heaven of Animals, a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize.

Steph Post is the author of the novels Miraculum, Lightwood, Walk in the Fire, Holding Smoke and A Tree Born Crooked. She lives in Brooksville, Florida.

Dominique Richardson is the coauthor of The Everbeach Series—a young adult mystery series. Raised between Jamaica and the United States, her biracial heritage finds a home in her books.

Deb Rogers has been an award-winning blogger, a statewide policymaker, and a nationally-recognized victim advocate. She is the author of Florida Woman.

Ginny Myers Sain is the author of DARK AND SHALLOW LIES and SECRETS SO DEEP. She has spent most of her professional life working in the theatre as a teacher and director.

Alicia Thompson is the author of LOVE IN THE TIME OF SERIAL KILLERS and WITH LOVE, FROM COLD WORLD. She lives in Florida with her husband, two children, and a mischievous cat.

Jenny Torres Sanchez is the award-winning author of young adult books, including We Are Not From Here, The Fall of Innocence, Because of the Sun, Death, Dickinson and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia, and more.