Judi Marcin is currently a graduate student in the MFA program for writing for children and young adults at Hamline University. Her passion is to improve queer, gender nonconforming, and diverse character visibility within the world of children's literature.

Kirstin Cronn-Mills writes young adult fiction (The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind; Beautiful Music for Ugly Children; Original Fake), poetry, nonfiction for middle and high school libraries, and academic articles. 

Molly Beth Griffin is a graduate of Hamline University's MFA program in writing for children and young adults and a teaching artist at the Loft Literary Center. She is the author of the YA novel Silhouette of a Sparrow, and the picture books Loon Baby and Rhoda's Rock Hunt.

Lauren Myracle is a New York Times best-seller. Her YA works Kissing Kate and Shine have diverse story lines with queer characters as a focus. As a bold and passionate writer, her refusal to shy away from difficult subject matter has positioned her as on of the ALA’s most challenged authors.