Author
Jessica S. Olson
Jessica S. Olson claims New Hampshire as her home, but has somehow found herself in Texas. When she’s not hiding from the heat, she’s corralling her three wild, but adorable, children, dreaming up stories and eating peanut butter straight from the jar. She earned a bachelor’s in English with minors in editing and French, which means she spent all of her university time reading and eating French pastries.
James Frey
James Frey is originally from Cleveland. He is the author of the bestselling novels, A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard. He lives in New York.
Alyson Noël
Alyson Noel is a #1 New York Times bestselling author.
She was born and raised in The OC and has lived in both Mykonos and Manhattan, but now finds herself settled right back in California where she lives and writes full time.
Kristin Cast
Kristin Cast is a NY Times and USA Today bestselling author who teams with her mother to write the House of Night YA series. She has stand alone stories in several anthologies, as well as editorial credits. Currently Kristin attends college in Oklahoma where she is focusing on attaining her dream of opening a dog rescue shelter in midtown Tulsa.
One Direction
One Direction are: Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and, Niall Horan. Formed in The X Factor’s Bootcamp stage in 2010, they’ve since gone on to win over 140 awards, smash records in both the UK and the US and sell over 20 million records worldwide.
Shane Hegarty
Shane Hegarty was the Arts Editor of the Irish Times, but left to be a full-time writer after DARKMOUTH sold in a frenzied auction at Bologna Book Fair in 2013. He lives with his family near Dublin.
Soman Chainani
Soman Chainani studied at Harvard, practically creating his own fairytale major. He is also an acclaimed screenwriter, whose films have played at more than 150 film festivals, winning more than 30 jury and audience prizes. When he’s not telling stories or teaching, Soman is a die-hard tennis player. You can visit Soman online at www.somanchainani.net.
Justine Windsor
Justine Windsor is a debut author but has been shortlisted and won various new writers awards including the Times/Chicken House children’s writers prize and the youwriteone.com Children’s Book of the Year. She lives and works in London.
Helen Cresswell
Helen Cresswell is best known for the Lizzie Dripping stories which appeared on television, and The Piemakers, her first outstanding success.