Robert Beatty (he/him) is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Serafina series and the Willa of the Wood series published by Disney Hyperion. Loved by young readers and adults alike, the Serafina and Willa books are being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide, and have been translated into over 22 languages. Robert lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife and three daughters.

Michael Moreci (he/him) is a screenwriter and best-selling comics author. He has written for many established universes (Star Wars, Archie, Stranger Things), and he adapted three of Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl novels into graphic novels. Michael lives outside Chicago with his wife and kids. Follow him on Twitter [...]

Braeden Sherrell (he/him) has a BFA in Illustration from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. In his work he aims to "portray the beauty, adventure, and color that life brings within fantasy and sci-fi." He lives in Portland, Oregon. Follow him on Instagram and Twitter [...]