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Katie Abdou was born and raised in coastal Massachusetts, where she cultivated a love of history, the occult, and piracy. She aims for her writing to be a place for teens and young adults to find representation and explore trauma, hardship, romance, and adventure within the safety of fiction.

Katie is a writer, a costumer, a hiker. a baker, a winemaker, and, most importantly, the Best Auntie in the World. She lives in Massachusetts with her four fuzzy wee dragons (who are blissfully unaware they’re actually cats). A Prince Among Pirates is her debut novel.

KIERA AZAR was born in Surrey, where she grew up acting, singing, and songwriting. She studied biomedical science before she wrote her first book and decided to pursue her love of storytelling. Kiera is forever excited by all the books she hasn’t yet read, the music she hasn’t yet discovered, and the story ideas she hasn’t yet had. Her first novel, Thorn Season, was a #1 New York Times bestseller.

Becky Albertalli is the author of the acclaimed novels Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (film: Love, Simon), The Upside of Unrequited, and Leah on the Offbeat. She is also the co-author of What If It’s Us with Adam Silvera. A former clinical psychologist who specialised in working with children and teens, Becky lives with her family in Atlanta.

www.beckyalbertalli.com

Cecelia Ahern is an Irish novelist whose work was first published in 2004. Her debut novel PS I Love You was an international bestseller and was adapted to film starring Hilary Swank. Her second novel, Where Rainbows End, was adapted into Love, Rosie starring Lily Collins. Her books have been published in over thirty-seven languages, and have sold over twenty-five million copies. In addition to her novels, she is also the author of a highly acclaimed collection of stories, Roar, which is now an Apple Original series starring Nicole Kidman on Apple TV+.