KEKLA MAGOON is the author of five young adult novels: How It Went Down, for which she received a Coretta Scott King Honor, Camo Girl, 37 Things I Love, Fire in the Streets, and The Rock and the River, for which she received the Coretta Scott King New Talent Award and an NAACP Image Award nomination. Raised in a biracial family in the Midwest, Kekla now teaches writing in New York City, conducts school and library visits nationwide, and serves on the Writers’ Council for the National Writing Project. She holds a BA in history from Northwestern University and an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Visit her online at keklamagoon.com.
 
JEANNE DuPRAU is the bestselling author of the Books of Ember series, which includes The City of Ember, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood, and The Diamond of Darkhold. Her books have garnered numerous awards and have appeared on more than 30 state award lists. The City of Ember was made into a feature movie in 2008. Jeanne lives in Menlo Park, California. Find her at jeanneduprau.com.
 
WENDY MASS is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels for young people (which have been translated into 14 languages and nominated for 68 state book awards), including A Mango-Shaped Space (which was awarded the Schneider Family Book Award by the American Library Association), the Twice Upon a Time fairy tale series, 11 Birthdays, The Candymakers, and 13 Gifts. Her latest books are Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight and Pi in the Sky. Wendy tells people her hobbies are hiking and photography, but really they’re collecting candy bar wrappers and searching for buried treasure with her metal detector. She lives with her family in New Jersey. Visit her at wendymass.com.