Jean Ferris is the author of many books, including Invincible Summer and All That Glitters, which were both ALA Best Books for Young Adults. She lives in Coronado, California. more

Kathe Koja is the author of Straydog, which Booklist called “a searing, beautiful book for young readers.” She lives in the Detroit area. more

Ruth White is the author of many novels, including the Newbery Honor Book Belle Prater’s Boy and its sequel, The Search for Belle Prater, as well as Weeping Willow, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Ms. White lives in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania. more

JOAN DASH is the author of several notable books for young readers. She lives in Seattle, Washington.  Dušan Petricic illustrated many acclaimed children’s books. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. more

WILL WEAVER is the author of numerous books for young adults. His most recent novel, Full Service, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, hailed it as “pitch perfect” and “superb.” He lives in Bemidji, Minnesota.. more

Gabrielle Zevin is the author of award-winning books for young adults including Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, and books for adults including The Hole We’re In and Margarettown. She was also the screenwriter for Conversations with Other Women, which received an Independent... more

LISA LEVCHUK teaches high school English and lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts. This is her first book. more

BRENDAN HALPIN was a high school English teacher for ten years. He is the author of How Ya Like Me Now. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. more

Pat Hughes is a copy editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer. A first-time novelist, the author lives in Narberth, Pennsylvania. more

JANET MCDONALD 91953-2007) was the author of three books set in the Brooklyn projects: Chill Wind, for which she received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent; Spellbound, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and Twists and Turns, an ALA Quick Pick for... more

KATHE KOJA is the author of several notable books for young adults that have been acclaimed for their psychological intensity, including The Blue Mirror and Buddha Boy, both ALA Best Books for Young Adults, and, most recently, Kissing the Bee. She lives near Detroit,... more

David Klass has written several other young adult novels, including You Don't Know Me, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He lives in New York City. more

Phillip Hoose is an award-winning author of books, essays, stories, songs and articles.  Although he first wrote for adults, he turned his attention to children and young adults in part to keep up with his own daughters. His book Claudette Colvin won a National Book Award... more

Valerie Hobbs is the author of many acclaimed books for young adults, including Sonny's War and Tender. She lives in Santa Barbara, California. more

Tim Johnston lives in Los Angeles, California. more

JANET MCDONALD (1953-2007) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of the adult memoir Project Girl and many acclaimed books for teens, including Chill Wind, for which she received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, and, most... more

PETER CAMERON’s work has appeared in The New Yorker and he is the author of several novels for adults, including Andorra and The City of Your Final Destination. He lives in New York City. more

Valerie Hobbs is the recipient of the 1999 PEN/Norma Klein Award, a biennial prize that recognizes "an emerging voice of literary merit among American writers of children's fiction." She is the author of young adult and middle-grade novels including Sheep, Defiance,... more

Carolyn Lehman is the author of the Christopher Award–winning novel Promise Not to Tell. She teaches children’s literature, writes extensively for children and adults, and is active in survivor advocacy. She lives in Arcata, California. more

RANDY POWELL is the author of several novels for young adults, including Run If You Dare and Three Clams and an Oyster, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He lives in Seattle, Washington. more

JEAN FERRIS is the author of many novels for young people, including Of Sound Mind, Bad, and Across the Grain, all ALA Best Books for Young Adults. She lives in San Diego, California. more

Nancy Garden is the author of young adult novels including Annie on My Mind, The Year They Burned the Books, and Endgame. She is also the author of the YA nonfiction book Hear Us Out!, as well as novels for children and the picture book Molly's Family. Garden was born in... more

PETER GOULD is a youth theater director, a physical comedy performer, and a playwright whose works have been performed all over the world. He lives in Brattleboro, Vermont. more

Anton Ferreira was born in Zambia and grew up there and in South Africa. He has been a foreign correspondent with Reuters for the last twenty years, and this is his first book. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. more