Sarah Tomlinson, a former music journalist, has been a ghostwriter since 2008, penning more than twenty books, including five New York Times bestsellers. In 2015, she published the memoir, Good Girl. Her debut novel, The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers, is forthcoming from Flatiron Books in 2024.

Sara Sligar is the author of the novel Take Me Apart (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). She holds a PhD in English from the University of Pennsylvania and now lives in Los Angeles, where she teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California.

Alex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which the New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editor’s Choice. Secret Identity was also listed as one of the Best Mysteries of the Year by NPR, Kirkus, Booklist, the South Florida Sun Sentinel, and more.

Steph Cha is the author of Your House Will Pay, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the California Book Award, and the Juniper Song crime trilogy. She’s a book critic and television writer, as well as the current series editor of the Best American Mystery & Suspense anthology.

Katie Gutierrez's writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Texas Monthly, and more. Her debut novel, More Than You'll Ever Know, was published by William Morrow in 2022.