Cecil Castellucci is the two-time MacDowell Colony fellow and award winning author of five books for young adults including Boy Proof (Candlewick, 2005), The Plain Janes (Minx/DC Comics, 2007), and Beige (Candlewick, 2007). This year she also accepted a position as YA and children’s books editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books, a newly launched online magazine. Cecil Castellucci's books have been on the American Library Association's (ALA's) BBYA, Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, Great Graphic Novels for Teens lists, as well as the NYPL Books for the Teen Age and the Amelia Bloomer list. Born in New York City, Cecil lives in Los Angeles and plays in an indie rock band under… the aliases Nerdy Girl and Cecil Seaskull.
Jason Fry is the New York Times bestselling author of The Clone Wars Visual Guide and has written more than a dozen other books exploring the Star Wars universe. On more mundane days, he writes about journalism, baseball, music, travel, and anything else that catches his eye. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, son, and about a metric ton of Star Wars stuff.