Tris Lawrence has been writing since she was a child, filling notebooks with the worlds, dreams, and voices from inside her head. She declared in sixth grade that she wanted to be a writer, promptly started drafting her first novel in seventh grade, and never looked back. Tris has always been fascinated by the way people work: how their relationships fit together, how they interact socially, how they learn and discover. She has read avidly her entire life, devouring mysteries, romances, science fiction, and fantasy novels, and as an adult still loves all of these genres, as well as reading YA constantly. Her favorite stories center on people who are learning or discovering new things, and coming-of-age stories top that list, which is how the school of Pine Hills University came to be. She wants to share stories of people who are learning how to relate to each other, how to adult, how to college, and how to just be. She hopes to share stories about diverse characters with representation of everything she wishes she could have read growing up, and she hopes that these stories will touch the lives and hearts of those who read them. When not writing, Tris is a wife, a mother (to two children, a cat, and a dog), a knitter, a system administrator, a black belt in taekwondo, an avid reader, and a music aficionado. Sleep, she claims, is optional. Tris is currently writing a web-based serial, Welcome to PHU, which is available on Tumblr and Pillowfort. The first book is available from Duck Prints Press. Tumblr: https://welcometophu.tumblr.com/post/... Pillowfort: https://www.pillowfort.social/communi... Duck Prints Press: https://duckprintspress.com/

Maggie Page lives in Texas with family, including her incorrigibly clumsy mom with a green thumb and two silly dogs. Her most recent publications include a poem, “Just A Body”, in the Texas Bards Poetry Anthology, and a short story, “Sincerely and Enigmatically Yours”, in the Duck Prints Press anthology He Bears the Cape of Stars. Aside from writing, Maggie enjoys music, traveling, dabbling in arts & crafts, and torturing her loved ones with her ruthless board game victories. She will also painstakingly analyze various forms of media for pleasure, spite, and profit (if only someone would hire her to do it). Mentioning Sherlock Holmes, Merlin, Castiel, or the word t'hy'la in her presence may result in an impromptu dissertation. Upcoming work: “Fair Winds and Fortune” will appear in Scholarly Pursuits from Duck Prints Press.

Willa Blythe is a queer femme writer from the American South who specializes in queer speculative fiction. Willa grew up reading fantasy novels of all kinds, and got a Master's degree studying young adult science fiction. The fantastic speaks to the purest truth inside her, and that's what Willa writes for. She lives in the lower Hudson River valley with her son and her best friend, and is working on her first novel—but is continually getting distracted by *really* good short fiction calls... For more information, please check out http://willablythe.com

I. A. Ashcroft dwells in Phoenix, Arizona, alongside a wonderful tale-spinner and two increasingly deranged cats. The author enjoys reading and pretending to be other people while rolling dice and wearing fancy hats. From Ashcroft's writing, you can expect dark fantasy, humor, violence, hope, flawed heroes, human villains, and more than a small dose of mythology.