Dhonielle Clayton is the New York Times bestselling author of the Belles series and The Marvellers and the Tiny Pretty Things duology, which was made into a Netflix original series. She is COO of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books.Tiffany D. Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of, among others, Allegedly and Monday's Not Coming. She is a Coretta Scott King Award winner.Nic Stone is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, Chaos Theory, Clean Getaway and Marvel’s Shuri novel series.Angie Thomas is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling Nic Blake and the Remarkables series, The Hate U Give and Find Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth. She is a former teen rapper who holds a BFA in creative writing.Ashley Woodfolk is the award-winning author of many books including the highly acclaimed The Beauty That Remains and When You Were Everything.