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 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 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.

At age ten, Wendy Brant wrote her first book, My Mysterious Double, the story of a girl and an imposter pretending to be her. Wendy put not one but TWO copies of her glorious fourth-grade school picture on the cover. Toni Tennille bowl haircut, yellow turtleneck, denim vest with wide lapels. Brave might be one word to describe her …#Years later, after graduating with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University and completing the Publishing Institute at the University of Denver, Wendy wrote adult fiction (albeit unpublished) while working as an HR manager and being a mom. But when she started reading the same YA books as her kids, her attention and passion shifted. Now she likes to write about isolated teenagers who somehow find a way to connect with others, and she’s also a sucker for a little romance.#Though Wendy miraculously manages to keep her kids and pets alive and well, she has a brown thumb and kills plants indiscriminately. She likes to bake but not to cook. She loves the smell of coffee but not the taste. One of her favorite things is videos of unlikely animal friends. Wendy has always been somewhat of an introverted nerd, but she was also a cheerleader in high school … so figure that one out.#Wendy lives in the Chicago area in the best neighborhood in America (as crowned by Good Morning America in 2010) with her husband, teenage daughter and son, and guinea pigs Mac and Tosh.~Twitter: @wendyjobrant

Lindsey Summers is a self-proclaimed bookworm. Growing up, she begged for new books rather than clothes. It wasn’t until Wattpad that she gained the courage to start writing her own stories. Her first novel, The Cell Phone Swap, has received more than 79 million hits online. #Lindsey credits being born in Hawaii for her aversion to closed-toe shoes. While she’ll always be a local girl at heart, she now lives in Los Angeles, California. When she’s not writing, Lindsey can usually be found drinking coffee or at the beach with her nose in a book.