What happens when the person who has always felt like an outsider suddenly finds herself in a world where survival is everything? That’s the question at the heart of Jo Salazar’s YA horror novel If We Survive the Night. Originally self-published as The Dead Weight, the novel follows sixteen-year-old Quinn as she tries to survive […]
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Beck Kubrick has always had a particular talent for finding the funny side of the horrifying. A UK-based writer and cartoonist whose work blends comedy, horror, teenage angst and apocalyptic anxiety, they have built a distinctive voice across their comics, from their Kickstarter success Coby, Alone to Dead Girls: Beach Day, Meat4Burgers and the award-winning
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Dinesh Thiru is a writer and stay-at-home dad currently living in Barcelona. He grew up in North Carolina, married his college sweetheart from the University of Pennsylvania, and spent over a decade in San Francisco. Dinesh is half-Indian, half-white. He loves the ocean. He used to have other interests, but he swapped them for kids.
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JACKIE KHALILIEH is a Palestinian Canadian writer with a penchant for Samoyeds, to-do lists and staying up way too late. She is passionate about positive representation within her writing. Something More, her debut YA novel, was shortlisted for the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award, the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, as well as the Snow
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Jillian Cantor has a BA from Penn State University and an MFA from the University of Arizona. She is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of 15 novels for teens and adults which have been chosen for Indie Next, Library Reads, Amazon Best of the Month and have been translated into 15 languages. Born
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There are writers whose books tell stories, and then there are writers whose words quietly change the way we see ourselves and the world. Benjamin Alire Sáenz was one of those rare voices. Poet, novelist, and recipient of numerous literary honors, Sáenz devoted his life to writing with extraordinary honesty, compassion, and grace. His work
Juno Dawson is a #1 Sunday Times best-selling novelist, screenwriter, podcaster, and a former columnist for Attitude Magazine. Juno’s books include the global bestsellers, THIS BOOK IS GAY and CLEAN. She won the 2020 YA Book Prize for MEAT MARKET. Her first adult fantasy trilogy HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN launched in 2022, becoming an instant
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Rachel Peterson graduated from Miami University of Ohio with a degree in English and creative writing. Born and raised in Ohio, she started her career in advertising before spending nearly a decade in New York City as a marketing executive for technology companies. An avid traveler, Rachel now splits her time between Manhattan and the
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Cass Biehn (they/them) writes messy queer characters in messier situations—and always with angsty kissing. They hold a Master of Library Science from Aberystwyth University in Wales and currently live in the Utah desert, where they split their time between cosplaying and wrangling their dogs. Cass’ debut novel, VESUVIUS, is out now from Peachtree Teen in
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S.C. Bandreddi hails from California’s Bay Area, where she grew up scribbling stories deep into the night and hasn’t stopped since. When she’s not putting words on paper, she’s usually gaming, rewatching her favorite movies, or at an arcade trying to win as many plushies as she can. She is the author of The Game
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