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Bethany Hagen has been diagnosed with narcolepsy since she was sixteen. Her young adult novel Landry Park debuted in 2014. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and two children.1 Articles
Sarah Bromley lives near St. Louis with her husband, three children, and two dogs. She likes the quiet hours of morning when she can drink coffee in peace, stare into the woods behind her house, and wonder what monsters live there. When she’s not writing or wrangling small children, she can be found volunteering at a stable for disabled riders. Her novel A Murder of Magpies released from Month9Books in 2014.2 Articles
Jessica Corra is an American living in Canada with her Scottish husband, writer Simon C. Larter, and their tabby Rachmaninov (but you can call him Noodle). As a writer, she has contributed to the Dear Teen Me anthology (Zest Books, 2012) and Straying From the Path (Drollerie Press, 2009). Her work is represented by The Bradford Agency. She writes literary speculative and historical fiction for teens and adults.1 Articles
M. Molly Backes is the author of the young adult novel The Princesses of Iowa (Candlewick Press, 2012). She writes the “Writing Tips” column for The Prairie Wind (the newsletter of the Illinois Chapter of SCBWI), and has performed her personal essays at reading series across Chicago including Essay Fiesta, Funny Ha-Ha, Sunday Salon, and Is This a Thing? She works as an editor by day and writer by night and spends her free time hanging out with her retired racing greyhound, Zia.1 Articles
Bookworm, music-lover, computer nerd. These are the words that Kimberly Trigg uses to define herself. Her spina bifida (myelomeningocele) is a part of her, but by no means is it the only part. Trigg is an amateur theatre, book, and movie critic who has been writing reviews since the early 2000s.1 Articles
Kim Broomall is a writer and autism rights activist whose passion for kidlit began in high school. When not whittling away at her massive TBR list, she can usually be found working on writing some stories of her own. She has a BA in Writing Arts from Rowan University and lives in southern New Jersey.1 Articles
Cece Bell lives in an old church with her husband, author Tom Angleberger, and she works in a new-ish barn (by herself). She has written and illustrated several books for children, including the Geisel Honor book Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover; some of her other works include Itty Bitty, Bee-Wigged, the Sock Monkey series, and the illustrations for Crankee Doodle (written by Tom). She still wears behind-the-ear hearing aids, and wishes that people in restaurant settings would come equipped with closed-captioning!2 Articles
Nancy Keim Comley has a degree in English and Master’s in Folklore from Western Kentucky University. At WKU she wooed her British then-boyfriend by taking him to see gospel singers who sang while standing on the back of a flat bed truck in a Kmart parking lot. She has written about and been published on diverse topics such as: death, burial and funerary rites of an African-American community; a Tennessee storyteller; commentary on the Bell Witch in They Bite, a book by Jonathan Maberry and Bob Smith; and the folklore commentary in Out of Tune, vol 1, horror stories inspired by classic murder ballads and edited by Jonathan Maberry.1 Articles
Despite being born with a disability, Christyna Hunter has surpassed all perilous predictions. She graduated from college where a friend introduced her to romance novels, started a freelance writing career, self-published two romance novels, and worked at a non-profit organization. Currently she works as a library associate with Loudoun County Public Libraries in Virginia, reads romance novels in her free time, and prays often to her writing muse. You can find more pieces by Christyna Hunter at Public Libraries Online.1 Articles
Emma Di Bernardo is a graduate teacher from Queensland, Australia with a love of young adult literature. She has been a chronic pelvic pain spoonie for three years, and manages her illness with painkillers and a cynical sense of humour. Emma was the editor of the University of Queensland's Women's Collective's independent zine 'Wom*news' for three years. In addition, she recently participated in the One Woman Project, giving a seminar entitled 'Whitewashing Katniss Everdeen,' exploring race in the book to film adaptation of The Hunger Games trilogy. A passionate feminist and pop culture consumer, Emma hopes to further her study in special education while maintaining her love of writing.1 Articles