Terry J. Benton-Walker grew up in rural Georgia and now lives in Atlanta with his husband and son, where he writes fantasy and horror for adults, young adults, and children. He has an Industrial Engineering degree from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Georgia State. When he’s not writing, he can be found gaming, eating ice cream, or both. Blood Debts is his first novel. Terry is also the author of Alex Wise vs the End of the World and editor and contributor of The White Guy Dies First anthology.

Lo Patrick is a former lawyer and current novelist living in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. She is the author of The Floating Girls.

L. Divine is an educator and the acclaimed author of The Keke McCoy Mysteries and the YA series, Drama High. She is a Faucet Book Award-winner whose novels have been praised by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Essence, Ebony, and more. A former teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, she has as Master’s from UCLA in African American Studies and Educational Psychology and served as a visiting scholar at UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her daughter and son.

Mariyka Foster graduated Savannah College of Art and Design in 2018 with a degree in illustration and currently works at Carter’s illustrating graphics and repeat patterns for their pajamas. While at SCAD, she won their annual creative writing contest. She lives in Georgia with her husband and their fluffy bobtail cat, Jasper. Follow her on Instagram @MariykaFoster.

Jess H. Gutierrez is a speaker and former journalist whose work has been published in Northwest Arkansas Times, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Siloam Springs Herald Leader, and the Fayetteville Free Weekly. She has earned several awards from the Arkansas Press Association. She also won the fifth-grade spelling bee despite the fact that everyone thought that Crissy Eaton would take the title. She lives in Northwest Arkansas with her firefighter wife who is way cooler than she is, three wild kids, and a surly bulldog named Hank. .

Randy Wayne White is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Doc Ford series. In 2011, White was named a Florida Literary Legend by the Florida Heritage Society. A fishing and nature enthusiast, he has also written extensively for National Geographic Adventure, Men's Journal, Playboy and Men's Health. He lives on Sanibel Island, Florida, where he was a light-tackle fishing guide for many years, and spends much of his free time windsurfing, playing baseball, and hanging out at Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille. Sharks Incorporated is his middle grade series, including Fins and Stingers.

MA former English professor, Brian D. McLaren was a pastor for twenty-four years. Now he’s an author, activist, public theologian, and frequent guest lecturer. His work has been covered in TIME Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, The New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN. The author of more than 15 books, including Faith After Doubt, Do I Stay Christian? and A New Kind of Christian, he is a faculty member of The Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation. McLaren lives in Florida.