Speakers

Amber Caravéo is the co-founder of Skylark Literary a boutique literary agency which specializes in the very best fiction for…

Caitie Flum is a literary agent at Liza Dawson Associates and represents projects across genres in both middle grade and…

Emily S. Keyes joined Fuse Literary in 2013. Previously she worked at the L. Perkins Agency as a contracts manager…

I was born in Miami, Florida, and lived in Spain, France and Italy before moving to New York. I studied…

Jem Chambers-Black is an Associate Agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. But before joining the ABLA family, Jem worked for…

Joanna is co-founder of Skylark Literary Limited, a specialist Children’s and YA literary agency. Previously she was Editorial Director for…

Katherine Wessbecher joined the Bradford Literary Agency in 2020. She began her publishing career at Penguin, where she edited children’s,…

Lindsay Auld is a literary agent at Writers House. She started in the agency’s California office, where she apprenticed with…

Monica Hay earned her Master's degree in Book Publishing at Portland State University and now works as an assistant for…

Natalie is an agent at Bradford Literary Agency. Over the past decade she has had the honor to work with…

Patricia Nelson has been a literary agent with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency since 2014, representing all genres of young adult…

Saba Sulaiman is an agent at Talcott Notch Literary Services, a boutique agency located in Milford, CT. She holds a…

A Literary Agent at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Saritza is a geek with a love for romance novels and…

Stefanie is an associate agent at the Jennifer de Chiara Literary Agency. She is also a book coach working exclusively…

Stephanie Winter is an associate agent at P.S. Literary. She first joined the agency as an intern before becoming the…

Tara joined The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency as an Associate Literary Agent in 2020. She has been a part…

Zabé "Z. R." Ellor grew up in Washington, DC and narrowly escaped a career in the sciences to write and…

Addie Thorley is the author of Night Spinner and An Affair of Poisons, which was chosen as a Barnes and…

Akemi Dawn Bowman is a critically-acclaimed author who writes across genres. Her novels have received multiple accolades and award nominations,…

Alexa Donne is the author of Brightly Burning and The Stars We Steal, YA sci-fi romance retellings of classics set…

Alexandra grew up in London and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her undergraduate degree in history at UCLA. She…

Alyssa Colman is the author of magical, middle grade adventure novels. As a playwright, she was a winner of the…

Amanda Rawson Hill grew up in Southwest Wyoming, with a library right out her back gate. After getting her degree…

Amanda Sellet is the author of By the Book: A Novel of Prose and Cons. During her previous career in…

Amélie (yes, like the movie!) has adored putting pen to paper since she was in kindergarten. Born in Paris and…

Amparo Ortiz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and currently lives on the island’s northeastern coast. Her short story…

Amy Noelle Parks is the author of the YA rom-com, The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss (out now), and the…

Born in Poland and raised in the United States, Anna Staniszewski grew up loving stories in both Polish and English.…

Ashley Shuttleworth is a young adult fantasy author with a degree in English literature and a slight obsession with The…

Beth Revis is a NY Times bestselling author with books available in more than 20 languages. Her latest title, Give…

Bitsy Kemper is an award-wining author of 21 children’s books, from whimsical fairytale retellings to teen non-fiction, and editor of…

Carolyn Tara O’Neil grew up in a tiny New York City apartment filled with thousands of books. Every Friday she…

Cassandra grew up in Maine and upstate New York before earning an English degree from Dartmouth College. She currently lives…

Christina Li is a student at Stanford University studying Economics. In her spare time, when she is not stressing over…

Chrystal D. Giles is a children's book author and champion for diversity and representation in children's literature. She is a…

Claire Bartlett is the author of the critically acclaimed YA fantasy We Rule the Night, and the author of The…

Claire Winn spends her time immersed in other worlds—whether it's LARP, video games, SF/F novels, nerd conventions, or her own…

Cyla Panin is an MG, YA and Adult Author who prefers to look at the world through a dusting of…

Danielle is from Victoria, British Columbia, and works freelance as an independent editor, proofreader and plagiarism checker. Together with Jaida…

Debbie Dadey grew up in Kentucky and now lives in a log cabin in TN with her husband and a…

Destiny Soria is a fantasy author and freelance writer. Her novels feature magic, mystery, and an excess of witty banter.…

Deva Fagan is the author of Rival Magic, Nightingale, Circus Galacticus and other books for young readers. She lives in…

Dr. Ellie Cypher grew up in Northern California, graduated from University of California Santa Cruz with her B.S. degree in…

Emily Victoria is a Canadian prairie girl who writes young adult science fiction and fantasy. When not word-smithing, she likes…

Emma Kress loves writing about badass girls and her debut novel Dangerous Play (Macmillan, Summer 2021) is a fast-paced thriller…

Erin Riha writes young adult fantasy novels about ambitious girls who don’t know they’re not supposed to exceed expectations. She…

G.Z. Schmidt is the author of the middle grade novel NO ORDINARY THING. She grew up all over the U.S.,…

Gabriela Martins is a Brazilian kidlit author and linguist. Her stories feature Brazilian characters finding themselves and love. She was…

Gail Carson Levine has written twenty-six books for children. Her best-known is Ella Enchanted, which won a Newbery honor in…

Gail D. Villanueva is a Filipino author born and based in the Philippines. She’s also a web designer and an…

Halli Gomez teaches martial arts and writes for children and young adults. She has written several stories with neurodivergent characters…

Hanna C. Howard spent most of her childhood wondering how she might avoid growing up, and eventually solved the conundrum…

Hannah is a Latinx Bestselling Children’s Author. She is a single mom of two fierce girls, and enjoys her dog's…

Hannah Reynolds is the author of the upcoming young adult romantic comedy, The Summer of Lost Letters. She lives in…

Heather Fawcett is the author of the YA fantasy duology Even the Darkest Stars and middle-grade books Ember and the…

Heather Kassner loves thunderstorms, hummingbirds, and books. She lives with her husband in Arizona, waiting (and waiting and waiting) for…

Intisar Khanani grew up a nomad and world traveler. She has lived in five different states as well as in…

J. C. Davis is an unrepentant book addict who always has a spare book on hand in case of emergencies.…

J.Elle is a young adult and middle-grade author and advocate for marginalized voices in both publishing and her community. Born…

Jacob Sager Weinstein has written for The New Yorker, HBO, and the BBC, and he's a former contributor to The…

Jaida Jones and Dani Bennett are married co-authors (without wanting to divorce yet) who live in Brooklyn with 8 cats.…

Janae Marks has an MFA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Writing for Children from The New School. She…

Jenn Bishop is the author of the middle-grade novels Things You Can’t Say, 14 Hollow Road, and The Distance to…

Jennie Wexler spent the first part of her career producing television shows appearing on VH1, Bravo, and The Travel Channel.…

Jennifer Voigt Kaplan is an award-winning author of children’s fiction. Her debut novel, Crushing the Red Flowers, won a 2020…

Jess Rinker is a children's author and writing teacher currently living in the mountains of West Virginia. She writes nonfiction…

Jessica S. Olson claims New Hampshire as her home, but has somehow found herself in Texas, where she spends most…

Joan F. Smith lives with her family in Massachusetts, where she works as an associate dean, a creative writing professor,…

Joanna Ruth Meyer is the author of the critically-acclaimed Echo North, as well as Into the Heartless Wood, and the…

Josh Funk writes silly stories such as the Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast series, the How to Code with…

Julie Abe is the author of the Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch middle grade fantasy series. She has lived in Silicon…

Julie Eshbaugh is a YA writer and former filmmaker. She made two short films and then spent several years producing…

Kaela Rivera was raised to believe in will-o’-the-wisps and el chupacabra, but even ghost stories couldn’t stop her from reading…

Kalena Miller grew up in College Station, TX with her mom, dad, and the most photographed hamster in history. After…

Kalynn Bayron is the author of the bestselling YA fantasy, Cinderella is Dead, and a classically trained vocalist. She grew…

Kathryn Purdie is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Burning Glass series and the Bone Crier's Moon…

Katya de Becerra is the author of What The Woods Keep and Oasis. Born in Russia, Katya studied in California…

KayLynn Flanders is a graduate of Brigham Young University, with a degree in English Language and a minor in editing.…

Kristine Asselin is the author of several works of children’s nonfiction, co-author of the middle grade novel The Art of…

Laura Weymouth is a lifelong writer who lives at the edge of the woods in western New York, in a…

Laura Taylor Namey is a Cuban-American Californian who can be found haunting her favorite coffee shops and wishing she was…

Lauren is from Chicago area, where she grew up helping her parents in their family business before she spent years…

Lee Edward Födi is an author, illustrator, and specialized arts educator—or, as he likes to think of himself, a daydreaming…

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

Liselle Sambury is a Canadian author whose brand of writing can be described as “messy Black girls in fantasy situations.”…

Louisa Onomé is a Nigerian-Canadian writer of books for teens. She holds a BA in professional writing from York University…

Lyndall Clipstone writes about monsters and the girls who like to kiss them. A former youth librarian who grew up…

Marcie Colleen is an award-winning author of picture books and chapter books. Through the years her books have garnered accolades…

Maria Ingrande Mora is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she received her bachelor’s degree in English with…

Former literary agent Mary Kole founded Mary Kole Editorial in 2013 and provides consulting and developmental editing services to writers…

Megan E. Freeman attended an elementary school where poets visited her classroom every week to teach poetry and she has…

Melanie Conklin grew up in North Carolina and worked as a product designer for ten years before she began her…

Natalie Mae is an ex-programmer, dessert enthusiast, and the author of YA fantasies The Kinder Poison and The Cruelest Mercy.…

Nicki Pau Preto is a YA fantasy author living just outside Toronto, Canada. After getting a degree in visual arts,…

Payal Doshi has a Masters in Creative Writing (Fiction) from The New School, New York. Having lived in the UK…

Rachel Griffin is the author of the upcoming The Nature of Witches, releasing from Sourcebooks Fire in June of 2021,…

Remy Lai writes and draws for kids. She was born in Indonesia, grew up in Singapore and currently lives in…

Ronni Davis lives in Chicago with her husband Adam and her son Aidan. By day she copy edits everything from…

Rosiee Thor began her career as a storyteller by demanding to tell her mother bedtime stories instead of the other…

Ryan Dalton is author of Remember Me, Archie (Lerner 2021) and the Time Shift trilogy. He splits his time between…

Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American author, essayist and interfaith activist. She writes the children’s early reader series Yasmin published…

Sam Taylor grew up in Arizona's deserts and now lives among Connecticut's trees. She spends her days writing, being mom…

Sara Holland grew up in small-town Minnesota among hundreds of books. She worked in a tea shop, a dentist’s office,…

Sean Fletcher is the Amazon bestselling author of YA fantasy, and an award-winning author of middle grade fantasy. He has…

Shakirah Bourne is a Barbadian author, filmmaker, and lover of ripe mangoes. Josephine Against the Sea (Scholastic, July 2021) is…

Shannon Doleski was born and raised in Cazenovia, New York. After graduating from Niagara University with an English Education degree,…

Shelli R. Johannes is the coauthor of the Loves Science picture book series (4 out, 2 coming) and her popular…

Sophie Gonzales writes young adult queer contemporary fiction with memorable characters, biting wit and endless heart. She is the author…

Supriya Kelkar is a screenwriter, illustrator, and award-winning author of several books including Ahimsa (Tu Books, 2017), Strong as Fire,…

Street magic performer. Hog-calling champion. Award-winning ice sculptor. These are all things Tara Lazar has never been. Instead, she writes…

On September 11, 1961, Terry Catasús Jennings landed in the United States after a short flight from Cuba. On September…

V.T. Bidania was born in Laos and grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. When she was five years old, she…

Vicky Fang is a product designer who spent 5 years designing kids’ technology experiences for both Google and Intel, often…

Yvette Clark is the author of novels for young readers. Glitter Gets Everywhere, her debut middle-grade novel, will be published…

Zabé "Z. R." Ellor grew up in Washington, DC and narrowly escaped a career in the sciences to write and…

L. M. Klein is an editor in Copenhagen, Denmark, a city steeped in fairy tales. In her former life, she…

Former literary agent Mary Kole founded Mary Kole Editorial in 2013 and provides consulting and developmental editing services to writers…

Monica Hay earned her Master's degree in Book Publishing at Portland State University and now works as an assistant for…