Seabrooke Leckie
Director
A book-lover since before she could read, Seabrooke wrote her first (marvellously wish-fulfilling) stories with her sister as a pre-teen.…
Alyssa Hollingsworth
Leader of Team Website
Alyssa was born in small-town Milton, Florida, but life as a roving military kid soon mellowed her (unintelligibly strong) Southern…
Amy Elizabeth
Live Event Lead
Amy is a writer, doctor, and professional coffee-drinker. She completed her residency training in the United States and now practices…
Meet Our 2020 Team
Aimee Lim
Speakers Administrator
Aimee Lim is a middle grade writer, copyeditor, and publishing intern from California. Her work is featured in the comics…
Amy Parks
Volunteer Podcast Interviewer and Forums Moderator
Amy’s debut novel, The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost Kiss, comes out in Fall 2020 from Abrams. It’s a YA…
Aneeqah Naeem
Fundraising Campaign Manager
Aneeqah grew up in the aisles of her local library, where she could be found wandering through the shelves with…
Averill Frankes
Official Blog Administrator
Averill is an aviation data analyst by day and a young adult novelist on evenings, weekends, and lunch hours. She…
Christina Fritts
Live Events Moderator
Christina Fritts is an expat currently living in Niigata, Japan, hailing from Florida, USA. She obtained her BA in English…
Cimone Watson
Volunteer Transcriptionist
Cimone Watson is a writer working toward her dream of being a published author. She has worked as an editorial…
David Wright
Forum Moderator
David writes everything from picture books to adult, but focuses mostly on Middle Grade. He has published some articles and…
Elza Kinde
Website Second
Designer of graphics, writer of fiction, reader of Middle Grade, nerd for words, and maker of bad puns. Elza believes…
Jade M Loren
Volunteer Podcast Interviewer
A UK author of YA and Adult Fantasy and Science-Fiction, Jade also works as a freelance editor at Cover to…
Jason Hussong
Social Media Coordinator
Jason's love of reading and books began with all things Dungeons & Dragons, of course over pizza and Mountain Dew…
Jennifer Bushroe
Materials Administrator
After graduating from the University of Arizona with a BA in Creative Writing, Jennifer Bushroe traveled to London to do…
Karyne Norton
Website Team
Karyne wrote her first chapter book at nine years old, but over the years her writing muse was distracted by…
Kate Sawyer
Podcast Interviewer & Transcriber
Kate Nicole Sawyer is an aspiring author of fantasy and historical fiction. When not writing, she spends her time traveling…
Kate Sheeran Swed
Help Desk
Kate Sheeran Swed is the author of the Toccata System novella trilogy, and other sci fi & fantasy shenanigans. She…
Laurie Bayramian
Live Events Host | Podcast Interviewer
Laurie Bayramian is a library aide and volunteers at one of the oldest membership libraries in the United States. She…
Lisa Katzenberger
Website Volunteer
Lisa Katzenberger is a picture book writer and the author of National Regular Average Ordinary Day (Penguin Workshop 2020). She is a…
Lona Fitzgerald
Volunteer Podcast Interviewer
Lona Fitzgerald is an Arizona native but is currently living out her next grand adventure in Scotland, where she is…
M.A. Bishop
Podcast Interviewer
M.A. Bishop (Molly Ann) has been writing since she could hold a pencil. When she's not writing she runs a…
Moriah Blalock
Volunteer Transcriber
Moriah wrote her first story at age 6, kicking off a lifelong obsession with the magic of storytelling. She has…
Rebecca King
Volunteer Live Event Host, Forum Mod, Podcast Interviewer
Rebecca King was one of those kids that liked reading. Everything. Anything. All the time. Out loud. You’ll still get…
Richenda Gould
Web Developer
Richenda started crafting websites to support her writing addiction in high school and both turned into careers. She writes YA…
Rine Karr
Fundraising + Web Volunteer
Rine Karr is a writer and aspiring novelist by moonlight and a copy editor by daylight. Originally from western New…
Ronni Davis
Author | Volunteer Forum Moderator
Ronni Davis lives in Chicago with her husband Adam and her son Aidan. By day she copy edits everything from…
Sasha Nanua
Public Relations Administrator
Sasha Nanua is a writer and University of Toronto graduate with a penchant for books and all things literature. She…
Tara Kennedy
Podcast Administrator
Tara Kennedy was born and raised in Washington, DC. By day she wrangles data and by night she writes tales…
Tosha Sumner
Volunteer Podcast Transcriber
Tosha Sumner (aka TL Sumner) writes young adult fiction with strong, athletic females who are fulfilling their dreams, of course…