Alyssa Schwartz has sold multiple television pilots to NBC, CW and ABC and has written films for several studios, including Paramount and MGM. She recently branched out into Young Adult fiction with the four-book series Georgetown Academy and the mystery-thriller The Lost Causes, both co-authored with her writing partner, Jessica Etting. She resides in Washington, D.C.
Alisha Sevigny
Alisha Sevigny holds a degree in professional writing and sociology from the University of Victoria, is a film school graduate, former literary agent and hot yoga lover. Now a Toronto-based writer, she grew up roaming barefoot through the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, which accounts for her strong connection to the earth as well as for the sorry state of her feet. She gets pedicures when she can.
Darren Lebeuf
Darren Lebeuf grew up on a humble acreage in rural Alberta, where he spent his days drawing, painting and exploring the outdoors. After studying art and design at Grant MacEwan University, Darren started his career as an exhibit designer at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta.#In 2006 he set off on a world adventure, spending years living in Vietnam and then Hong Kong, where he continued his creative career by becoming an internationally acclaimed family and wedding photographer. In 2015 Darren moved to North Vancouver and pursued his long-lost passion for writing and illustrating. He published his first picture book a few years later. He now lives in his Edmonton, Alberta, with his wife, two kids, and their Siberian forest cat.~Instagram: @darrenlebeuf~Facebook: @darren.lebeuf
Lindsay Champion
Lindsay is a YA author living in the best place on earth, New York City. She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she spent most of her time doing high kicks and eating falafel. After a stint as a closed caption writer, she served as the Features Editor at Broadway.com, where she managed to interview her celebrity crushes Paul Rudd, Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal without fainting or peeing her pants. She is the Food and Wellness Director for the digital media company PureWow, mostly for the snacks. Someday, Somewhere is her first novel.~
Judith Henderson
Judith Henderson does a lot of stuff. She is an Emmy Award–winning composer, author, illustrator and TV producer. She wrote the Big Words Small Stories series, which was green-lit as an animated TV show. Her other books include Dee and Apostrofee, This Is a Dog Book! and AAAlligator! She lives in Montreal, Quebec.