Sonali Dev writes Bollywood-style love stories that let her explore issues faced by women around the world while still indulging her faith in a happily ever after.

Emily Henry writes stories about love and family for both teens and adults. She studied creative writing at Hope College and the New York Center for Art & Media Studies, and now spends most of her time in Cincinnati, Ohio,

Elisabeth Thomas grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where she still lives and now writes. She graduated from Yale University and currently works as an archivist for a modern art museum. Catherine House is her first novel.

Alli Frank and Asha Youmans both have a background in education and Tiny Imperfections is their debut novel forthcoming from G.P. Putnam's Sons

Lian is the creator and host of “Satellite Sisters”, the award-winning and top-rated radio talk show she produces with her four real sisters. Lian is the author of two novels, Helen of Pasadena and Elizabeth the First Wife. A graduate

Frances Cha is the author of the novel If I Had Your Face. She grew up in the United States, Hong Kong, and South Korea, and graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in English Literature and Asian Studies. For

Souvankham Thammavongsa was born in the Lao refugee camp in Nong Khai, Thailand and was raised and educated in Toronto. She is the award-winning author of four books of poetry and her fiction has appeared in Harper’s, Granta, the Paris

Laura Bates is a feminist writer, and the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project—a crowd-sourced collection of stories from women around the world about their experiences with gender inequality.

Rachel Harrison was born and raised in the weird state of New Jersey. She received her bachelor's in Writing for Film & Television from Emerson College. After graduating, she worked on TV game shows, in publishing, and for a big

Megan Giddings is a features editor at The Rumpus, a channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books, and a contributing editor at Boulevard. Her short stories have been published in Black Warrior Review, Gulf Coast, and Iowa Review.

Maxine Mei-Fung Chung s a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and clinical supervisor. Trained in the arts, she worked as a Creative Director for ten years at Condé Nast, The Sunday Times and The Times.

Maisy Card holds an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College and is a public librarian with the Newark Public Library. She was born in St. Catherine, Jamaica, but was raised in Queens, New York.