Dakota Jackson is the award-winning, Kirkus-recommended author of The Other Side of the Looking-Glass. She published a short story in the Penmen Review in 2023 and was twice shortlisted in the Six Word Wonders contest.

Dakota writes fantasy and contemporary young adult fiction that will always feature queer characters, complex families, and a whole lot of angst before the hopeful ending. Her mission is to shine light upon queer identities like her own and show readers that fear, confronted head-on, can give way to hope.

Dakota has an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University and a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Film Studies from the University of Connecticut.

When she isn’t reading or writing (or pretending to do one of the two), Dakota loves Zumba, kickboxing, rearranging her bookshelf, and binging a good anime.

Connect with her online at dakotajacksonbooks.wordpress.com.

Jenn Storey, née Treado, (she/they) is a storyteller who uses genre as a framework for exploration. She has studied under faculty from Alverno College, Northwestern University, Texas State University, and holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing & Poetics from the University of Washington Bothell. Her poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction/experimental writing have been published in various digital and physical journals. Tilting Gravity is her first novel-length work. Learn more at www.jennstoreybooks.com.

By day I’m a humble physical therapist…and by day I’m also a writer of sweet & saucy boyslove stories (18+). I sleep at night as an old fart like me should. I’m both self-published and traditionally published. Other than that, I live with my partner and two cats and live my best life.

Website: http://konblackeboyslovewriter.com

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/blackekon

Jenna Boholij grew up in a small town in North-Western Ontario, on the shores of Lake Superior, and spent her summers in a small town in rural Manitoba, on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. She currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a published writer with more than a decade of experience in marketing and communications. She is of Ukrainian and Icelandic descent and very involved with the Icelandic-Canadian community. Her debut novel, a psychological thriller, Lucid, is published with Dreamsphere Books.

Instagram: @jbird_photos 

Parker Daniels is the author of the Devil's Riders, Shattered, the True Instinct series and various other novels. Currently, she lives in picturesque New England with her three fur babies. 

R. D. Stevens grew up in Kent, England, with an overactive imagination and a love of big questions. 

His award-winning YA debut, The Journal, was released by Vulpine Press in August ’22, and The Freeze, his sophomore novel, was released in Jan ’23. He has also had a range of other fiction and non-fiction published in various destinations. He was shortlisted for the Olga Sinclair Prize 2023, longlisted for the Aurora National Short Fiction Prize 2023, and has won awards for both his novels.

In 2023, he released a podcast ‘Perspectives on Pages’ which he co-hosts with fellow small press author Benjamin Roesch. He also works in collaboration with notforvanity.com as a guest reviewer of their indie author content.

Outside of writing, after spending fifteen years in secondary school teaching, he currently works at King’s College University, delivers philosophy seminars to Sixth Formers, and loves to read books, play the guitar, and talk about existentialism (with anyone who’ll listen). He lives in London with his atypical family and FOMO-suffering dog. 

Ezra and the Great Bin Jah Meen is his third novel and first published with Dreamsphere Books.

Lotte van den Noort (1995) is a Dutch author born in the Brabant municipality of Helmond. From the moment she learned how to use pen and paper, Lotte began writing numerous short stories in notebooks, which she proudly and enthusiastically shared with her classmates. Her teacher told her even back then that he believed in her potential.

At the age of fourteen, after reading an article about a young girl who had published her own book, Lotte thought, “I can do that too!”

Lotte’s passion lies in historical stories. Her mother often told her she has an “old soul.” At times, Lotte wonders if she was born in the wrong era, as she finds stories set in the past deeply captivating and moving.

In addition to writing, Lotte works as a graphic designer, specializing in book covers and interiors for various publishers and authors.

Award-winning author of the Gearteeth trilogy and Clockwork Courtesan books, Timothy Black was born in the Deep South where he hit the road at an early age and quickly learned it could hit back. Driven by an insatiable curiosity, he studied Geology and Astronomy, ending up with a degree in Philosophy that twists through his writing. After traveling the world to find his great loves he settled down in the Pacific Northwest, determined to craft stories that defy confinement to any single genre. A serial killer of coffee and whiskey sours, he stays one step ahead of retribution with a rebellious cackle and knowing wink. You can find a treasure trove of his stories at his Patreon.

Jay Heron is a gay Belgian author of young adult thrillers and adult MM romance novels. With a profound love for the English language, for twelve years he taught teenagers about the joy of reading English books. Nowadays he still handles IT and admin in his school. When he’s not writing, editing, or working out, he’s in his kitchen baking all kinds of delicacies (to his husband’s endless delight).