M Irene was born and raised in Utah, where she currently lives with her husband, their son and their fun-loving German Shepherd. As an avid reader and aspiring fantasy and horror author, she is particularly fond of all things adventure and anything epic involving magic. In addition to writing, M Irene is the co-host of the podcast “How to Survive Until You’re Published,” a free writing resource. When she’s not working or writing, M Irene can be found biking in the mountains, playing dungeons and dragons with her husband and friends, watching horror movies, or traveling the world and collecting mugs.

Amy Bell was born and raised in Utah, where she currently lives with her husband and 2 year old son. She is a system administrator by day and an aspiring writer by night. She’s been writing since she was in elementary school and could be found staring out the window during long road-trips, writing stories in her head. As an aspiring fantasy-romance author, she loves creating relatable characters that are changed and shaped through adventure, hardship and love. She hopes to create characters that inspire others and help them believe in the world around them and in themselves. When she’s not writing, Amy loves to go on epic adventures with her husband and son, play boardgames, go on long walks while listening to Harry Potter, and eat ice cream while snuggled up with a good book.

Rain’s an Seattle-based author who likes her SFF with a side of the dark and twisties. Her short stories “Luck and Other Things,” “Digger,” and “The Girl Behind the Glass” were published in Elegant Literature Magazine’s May, June, and September 2023 issues, respectively, and her essay “Why I Write” was published in Writerly Magazine’s June 2022 issue. Her Writer-Instagram @Write_as_Rain_Sullivan is a thing… and in her spare time (phrase used lightly) she enjoys backpacking through the Olympic Peninsula with her partner and role-playing Zelpher the Stealther (rogue gnome) in her local DnD ring. Her academic background is in biology and she works in physical therapy.

Jen’s a midwestern indie author and mental health counselor who loves telling stories that break your heart a little bit. Her fav things are mind-bending sci-fi, tragic-yet-kinda-happy endings, and stories that show the complexity of identity, trauma, and emotions. When Death Is Coming, the first book in her YA dystopian fantasy series, won the 2024 Sci-Fi Realm Award, and the sequel hopes to someday have a shiny award, but for now is content to just be in readers’ hands. She loves hanging out with her cat (and her husband…), chronically hopping between too many hobbies (crochet, drawing, writing songs…), and is currently making her inner child happy by taking piano lessons.