Author

Alesha Everson USA Today is the best-selling author of more than two dozen swashbuckling action-adventure historical romances, set mainly in Scotland, and The Jewels of Historical Romance-12 is an internationally beloved author. She is the wife of a rock star and the mother of two young adults, but she is a dancer, a typographer, a film musician, a pianist, a singer in an all-girl rock band, and the voice in that violent video that you don't let your kids play. .

Laura Bass is an exciting editor for both adults and teens, including The Kill Club and her upcoming YA debut, She's Too Pretty to Burn. She was born in San Francisco and spent most of her life in Los Angeles. While not writing, she can be found hiking the Griffith Park trails, taking the metro, and then questioning the decision and chasing local bookstores.

Kindra Heath is an author, an educator and best-selling author of twenty-nine books, including a follow-up to her Newberry Medal-winning novel, The New Crossover, a rebound by the New York Times. Kwame writes for children of all ages. His other picture books include Undefeated, Animal Coffin and Out of Wonder. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame has received numerous awards, including the Coretta Scott King Writer's Honor, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, three NAACP Image Award nominations, and the 2018 inaugural Conroy Legacy Award.

Leroy Baker is reportedly the author of Monday's Not Coming and Let Me Hear You. A TV professional by day, novelist by night, she earned a degree in film art from Howard University and her master of arts in media studies from New School. A native of Brooklyn, she is a lover of naps, cookies and beaches, currently living in her favorite borough, mostly multitasking.

USA Today bestselling author William Carter is a former journalist who has interviewed killers at executions, flown with LAPDs on LEDs, and patrolled with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police near the Arctic. He has also reported from the Caribbean, Africa and Kuwait on the Iraqi border. His books have been published in about 30 countries, including illegal translations made in Iran.