
Jamie Harrington
Founder
Jamie Harrington is a writer, a mom, and all around fun person. She loves DIY, nail art, and crafting with…

Elana Johnson
Founder
Elana Johnson is the author of the YA dystopian romance novels in the Possession trilogy. Elevated and Something About Love are YA contemporary novels-in-verse, and…

Casey McCormick
Founder
Casey McCormick is the author of the hugely popular Agent Spotlight series. When she’s not stalking researching agents, she’s writing…
Emeritus Organizers

Lindsay Lackey
Author
Lindsay Lackey is the author of the bestselling middle grade novel, All the Impossible Things (Roaring Brook Press), which was…

Kristen Kieffer
Empath Extraordinaire (Team Website)
A life-long reader and storyteller, Kristen loves living life as an author of speculative fiction and creative writing resources. At…

Amy Wilson
Owl Princess (Team Website)
Amy Wilson is a former journalist and graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. She is…

Emily Lowrey
Camera Demigod (Video and Graphics)
Emily is a writer, photographer, and videographer from sunny old Merseyside, UK. She writes contemporary YA, and is represented by…

Nathan Philbrick
Blog Guru (Content Creator)
Nate Philbrick spends most of his time turning caffeine into words. He's a self-published author, Wattpad writer, blogger, and all…

Nicole Lesperance
Trend-Setter and Hashtag-Maker (Social Media Coordinator)
Nicole has a degree in French language and literature from Wesleyan University that she never, ever uses. After a four-year…

Lindsay Schiro
Anime Enthusiast (Forums Moderator)
Lindsay Schiro is a graduate of Bath Spa university who cares too much about fictional characters.

Kasey Haessler
Sparkly Librarian-in-Training (Live Events Moderator)
Kasey is a youth librarian and lover of kid lit. She received her BA in Creative Writing from Berry College,…

Kate Pierce
Folklore Wizard (Live Events Moderator)
Kate is a production assistant, set designer, and part-time artist. She received her B.A. in History (with a minor in…

Juniper Nichols
Question Composer (Assistant to Live Events)
The thing about Juniper Nichols... she really should have been an elven astronaut bellydancer. The next best thing: writing. Now…

Margaret Hollingsworth
Treasurer
Margaret has worked for over 25 years as an accountant, but don't hold that against her, you writer-types. She has…

Sarah Driver
Author
Sarah Driver was born on the Sussex coast and started writing as a small child. She graduated from the Bath…

Jason Koons
Photographer
Jason, unsurprisingly, loves photography. From my the moment he heard the shutter click on the first Pentax film SLR his mom…

Jamie Harrington
Founder
Jamie Harrington is a writer, a mom, and all around fun person. She loves DIY, nail art, and crafting with…

Elana Johnson
Founder
Elana Johnson is the author of the YA dystopian romance novels in the Possession trilogy. Elevated and Something About Love are YA contemporary novels-in-verse, and…

Dustin Hansen
Emeritus Organizer
Dustin Hansen was raised in rural Utah, where he drew great inspiration from the outdoor and the rich history that…

Carrie Harris
Emeritus Organizer
In high school, Carrie marched in the drum line and worked backstage in the theater. Both activities were really just excuses…

Nikki Katz
Emeritus Organizer
Nikki is an author, editor, freelance writer, and rocket scientist. Truly. Nikki’s debut young adult novel, Strings, will be published…

Carolin Seidenkranz
Emeritus Organizer
Carolin Seidenkranz is a writer, foodie and major TV addict. She loves all kinds of stories with drama, love, complications…

Lisa and Laura Roecker
Founders
Lisa and Laura Roecker are sisters-turned-writing-partners with a love of all things Young Adult. Some call it arrested development, but…

Shannon Messenger
Founder
Shannon Messenger graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts where she learned — among other things — that she…

Casey McCormick
Founder
Casey McCormick is the author of the hugely popular Agent Spotlight series. When she’s not stalking researching agents, she’s writing…

Hannah Heath
Mythic Mermaid (Live Events Coordinator)
Hannah Heath, author of Skies of Dripping Gold, is a writer of YA Christian Fiction. It is her goal to…