Sher Lee writes rom-coms and fantasy novels for teens. Fake Dates and Mooncakes is her debut. Like the main character, she has made mooncakes with her favorite aunt and has an abiding love for local street food (including an incredible weakness for xiao long bao). She lives in Singapore with her husband and two adorable corgis, Spade and Clover. 

Instagram: @sherleeauthor

Twitter: @sherleeauthor

Born and raised by the Great Lakes, Alex Crespo writes about queer love, magic, and all the ways they intersect. When not writing, you can find him making art or daydreaming about Mothman. He currently lives in Chicago with an endless anime watchlist and his black cat Hex. Saint Juniper’s Folly is his debut novel. 

Instagram: @byalexcrespo

Twitter: @byalexcrespo

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Lena Jeong wrote her first novel in the fifth grade—complete with a dude in distress, a heroine named Macaroni Pizza, and a dragon that is allergic to men. When she’s not working on her Korean-inspired novels, Lena is doing everything in her power to remain the “Favorite Auntie” amongst her adorable nieces and nephews. You can also find her endlessly experimenting on new ways to make the perfect matcha latte. Lena has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. And Break the Pretty Kings is her debut.  

Instagram: @lenajeongwrites

Twitter: @lenajeongwrites

Jumata Emill is a journalist who has covered crime and local politics in Mississippi and parts of Louisiana. He earned his B.A. in mass communications from Southern University and A&M College. He’s a Pitch Wars alum and member of the Crime Writers of Color. When he’s not writing about murderous teens, he’s watching and obsessively tweeting about every franchise of the Real Housewives. 

Instagram: @brownboywriting

Joelle Wellington grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where her childhood was spent wandering the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Her love of the written word led her to a B.A. in Creative Writing and International Studies. When she isn’t writing, she’s reading and when she’s not doing that, she’s attempting to bake bread with varying degrees of success or strengthening her encyclopedia-like pop culture knowledge.

Instagram: @jowellington

Twitter: @joelle_welling

TikTok: @joelletheewellington

Jamison Shea is a dark fantasy and horror author, flautist, and linguist hailing from Buffalo, NY and now dwelling in the dark forests of Finland. When they’re not writing, they’re drinking milk tea or searching for eldritch horrors in uncanny places. I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me is their debut novel. 

Instagram: @wickedjamison

Twitter: @wickedjamison

TikTok: @wickedjamison

Page Powars was raised by his favorite video game characters. They taught him how to soften his gaze at a homie, sacrifice his lifespan for a bro, and kill or kiss his definitely-just-a-pal. Now he writes stories with this knowledge. His novels include The Borrow a Boyfriend Club and the forthcoming And They Were Roommates. 

Instagram: @pagepowars

Twitter: @pagepowars

TikTok: @pagepowars

Miranda Sun is a storyteller by nature and wordsmith by trade. A lover of science as well as mythology, she’s fond of exploring museums and aquariums wherever she goes. She makes her home in Chicagoland, where she drinks iced coffee in the dead of winter and keeps an eye out for magic hidden in plain sight. Her first novel is a YA contemporary fantasy called If I Have to Be Haunted.

Instagram: @themirandasun

Twitter: @halcyonpen

TikTok: @themirandasun

Kayvion Lewis is a young adult author of all things escapist and high-octane. A former youth services librarian, she’s been working with young readers since she was sixteen. When she’s not writing, she’s breaking out of escape rooms, jumping out of airplanes, and occasionally running away to mountain retreats to study kung fu. Though she’s originally from Louisiana and often visits her family in The Bahamas, she never really knows when she'll take off on her next adventure, which could take her anywhere in the world. 

Instagram: @kayvionclewis

Twitter: @KayvionLewis

TikTok: @kayvionlewis

Hi, I'm Bea Fitzgerald and I love stories which is probably why I've shaped my life around them. I write romantic YA fantasy fiction inspired by Greek mythology. My debut Hades and Persephone reimagining Girl, Goddess, Queen was an instant Sunday Times bestseller, has been shortlisted for numerous awards and will be published in thirteen languages (and counting!).

Outside of my writing, I'm a content creator, sharing my love of Greek mythology under the handle @chaosonolympus. Come join me on TikTok and Instagram for bad costumes and worse acting. 

Louisa May Alcott was an American author who wrote under various pseudonyms-Flora Fairfield, A.M Barnard- and only started using her own name when she was ready to commit to writing. Her novel Little Women gave Alcott financial independence and a lifetime writing career. She died in 1888. 

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Jane Austen (1775–1817) is one of the most recognised names in English literature. Her six major novels – Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Persuasion; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey and Emma – are considered classics today, renowned for their portrayal of English middle-class life in the early 19th century.

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C.S. Lewis (born November 29, 1898, Belfast, Ireland died November 22, 1963, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England) was an Irish-born scholar, novelist, and author of about 40 books. His works of greatest lasting fame may be The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven children’s books that have become classics of fantasy literature. 

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Arthur Conan Doyle (born May 22, 1859, Edinburgh, Scotland—died July 7, 1930, Crowborough, Sussex, England) was a Scottish writer best known for his creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes—one of the most vivid and enduring characters in English fiction.

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