Dhonielle Clayton is the New York Times bestselling author of The Belles and the coauthor of the series Tiny Pretty Things, on which the Netflix show is based. She is the COO of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books and CEO of the diversity-focused story kitchen Cake Literary. She's a former elementary and middle school librarian. She earned an MA in children's literature from Hollins University and an MFA in writing for children at the New School. She tweets @brownbookworm V.E. Schwab is the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Vicious, The Near Witch and the Shades of Magic series, which was described as a classic work of fantasy by Deborah Harkness. It was one of Waterstones' Best Fantasy Books of 2015, The Guardian's Best Science Fiction novels, and a Telegraph choice. The Independent has called her The natural successor to Diana Wynne Jones. She lives between Nashville, France and Edinbugh. Zoraida Cordova is the editor of Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite and the author of the award-winning Brooklyn Brujas series Libba Bray is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diviners series, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist Beauty Queens, the Printz Award- winning Going Bovine, and the acclaimed Gemma Doyle trilogy. She divides her time between Brooklyn, New York, and Los Angeles, California. She tweets @libbabray
