Contributors
Sally J. Pla is the author of The Someday Birds (HarperCollins, Jan 24, 2017). She has three sons, a spouse, and an enormous fluffy dog, and lives near lots of lemon trees in San Diego, where she’s working on her next book.1 Articles
Originally from the exact center of nowhere in Texas, Amalie Greenway has moved thirteen times in the past seven years, accompanied by OCD (acquired at age 8) and severe migraines (age 4). She has settled—for now—in the chilly Midwest, where she grumbles about the cold and works as a nanny to several wonderful little girls, while writing and revising novels in her “free time.”1 Articles
Bethanie Borst is a 13-year-old with ADD and ASD. She writes twisted middle-grade fairy tales with her mom, Amie. Their first book, Cinderskella, released October 2014!1 Articles
Heather McConnell is originally from New Jersey, and currently lives in Oxford, UK. She has experience working as, among other things, a high school teacher, bar trivia DJ, limousine dispatcher, party motivator, and nanny. Her main interests are feminism, crossword puzzles, and the occasional nap. When she's not working, she runs the blog I Was a High School Feminist.1 Articles
Mike Moody is a 27-year-old Disfigured trans woman living in the UK. She makes music and writes when executive function and inspiration (in that order) allow, and takes semi-regular trips to Florida to be with her girlfriend, where she is too hot in the summer and just right in the winter. Mike tweets @guysmiley22, probably a little too much for her mental health.1 Articles
Deborah Kaplan is a graduate of at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature, and because she couldn't get enough, occasionally goes back to teach the Fantasy and Science Fiction class. She's a librarian, archivist, programmer, web accessibility specialist, book reviewer at Kirkus Reviews, and all-around over-committed person. She's been living with chronic pain and weakness in her hands for almost 15 years (pay attention to ergonomics, folks!) and is always looking for good disability representation in children's and young adult literature. Right now she's working as a web developer and volunteering as an invited expert on accessibility issues for the World Wide Web Consortium. She blogs infrequently about children's and YA literature, technology, librarianship, and disability.1 Articles
Getty Hesse is a high school student in Texas who has struggled with depression for several years now. His short fiction has been published in Daily Science Fiction.1 Articles
Jennifer J. Johnson is an online student at Southern New Hampshire University, working on a Masters in English and Creative Writing. She primarily exists as a recluse and cat lady-in-training, but leads a full life with the advent of Netflix and Amazon Prime. Her hobbies revolve around science fiction, petting cute animals, finding historical inaccuracies in fiction, and learning to spell all the conditions that parental exposure to Agent Orange are linked to. Jennifer is currently trying to watch every film on the National Film Registry and to write a children's book about living with severe airborne allergies.1 Articles
Helen Corcoran lives in Dublin, Ireland, and works as a bookseller. When not found in a bookshop, she writes diverse YA, plays video games badly, and is a probably reading a book.1 Articles
Cindy Baldwin is a Carolina girl who moved to the opposite coast and is gamely doing her part in keeping Portland weird. She writes middle grade and young adult magical realism in addition to the occasional poem or creative non-fiction essay.1 Articles