Teri Dederer grew up near Pittsburgh and received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University. She has taught middle school students in the Bay Area where she currently lives with her husband, two floofy Huskies, and one shy kitty. She loves hiking with her dogs, swimming year-round, drinking lots of boba tea, and watching competition shows like The Great British Bake Off and Love Island.
Jodie Garnish is a playwright and performer, usually based in London. She studied Drama at the University of East Anglia before going on to train at Drama Studio London. She has had plays produced at various London theatres and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which were critically acclaimed. The Persephone Girls will be her YA debut.
Caitlin Devlin studied English and Creative Writing at Warwick University before graduating to work in music and theatre journalism. As a teenager, she started writing novels as Christmas presents for her younger sister and brother. Her work has been recognised by competitions such as the Iggy Litro Young Writers award, the Flash500 short story competition, the Exeter Writers short story competition and, in the music world, by the UK Song Writing Contest. She is also a performed playwright. A Song I Wrote for Charlotte is her YA debut.
Ellen Ryan is a journalist and contributor to the Irish Times and Irish Independent. She has a passion for Irish myth and loves to visit archaeological sites (though she always brings a raincoat). Along with her husband and daughter, Ellen is lucky to live by the sea in Co. Wicklow, where she can keep an eye out for sea gods.
Elle Hughes lives with a man and a dog in a forest on an island. A Promise Bound in Mist is her first novel for young adults, inspired by her love of epic romances and wild nature.
Kate O’Shaughnessy is the award-winning author of middle grade novels THE WRONG WAY HOME, LASAGNA MEANS I LOVE YOU, and THE LONELY HEART OF MAYBELLE LANE, and the forthcoming BRITTLE MAGIC (Knopf). Her books have won numerous distinctions and awards, including a Newbery Honor, the Northern California Book Award, and the Vermont State Book Award. Her work has been nominated for over thirty state award reading lists and recognized on best-of lists by places and publications such as the New York Public Library, Bank Street College of Education, Booklist, and Kirkus Reviews. When she’s not writing, Kate can be found attempting to grow vegetables in her container garden, hiking in the woods with her dog, and chronically mispronouncing words. She lives in California with her family.
