Katie Boyer is the Head of Teen Services at the Benton Harbor Public Library. She's pretty much a big kid herself and loves YA books, video & board games and all things pop culture.
Lisa Fiedler is the author of many novels for children and young adults. She divides her time between Connecticut and the Rhode Island seashore, where she lives happily with her very patient husband, her brilliant and beloved daughter, and their two incredibly spoiled golden retrievers.
Lincoln Peirce (pronounced "purse") is a New York Times bestselling author and cartoonist/writer in Portland, Maine. He lives with his wife and two children, and gives lectures to students about cartoon creating. Peirce is the creator of the comic strip Big Nate, that debuted in 1991 and appears in 250 newspapers in the US and online daily at www.comics.com, and is featured on the website Poptropica, www.poptropica.com. He is the author fo the Big Nate series, and you can visit him online at www.bignatebooks.com, where he blogs twice a week.
Jonathan Auxier was raised in Canada and obtained his MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University. He lives outside Los Angeles with his wife, a lecturer in Victorian children’s literature. He's written PETER NIMBLE AND HIS FANTASTIC EYES and THE NIGHT GARDENER.
Jodi Lynn Anderson is the New York Times bestselling author of THE VANISHING SEASON, PEACHES, THE SECRETS OF PEACHES, LOVE AND PEACHES, and the popular May Bird trilogy. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and an endless parade of stray pets.
Tom Angleberger is the bestselling author of the Origami Yoda series. He is also the author of HORTON HALFPOTT and FAKE MUSTACHE. Tom maintains the Origami Yoda–inspired blog origamiyoda.wordpress.com. He is married to author-illustrator Cece Bell and lives in Christiansburg, Virginia.
