Cristy Huelsz was born in Mexico and for the past few years has been living in Washington with her beloved husband and faithful companion in her adventures. After studying at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and working as an English teacher for a few years, she decided to venture into the field of literary translation, inspired by the novel The Man Who Loved Jane Austen by Sally Smith O'Rourke. She is the founder and director of Cris Translates, LLC, a company whose mission is to bring great classic and contemporary works to the Hispanic and Latin American public. She has taken master's level courses and diplomas in translation at the Universidad de Guanajuato and the Mexican Association of Literary Translators (in collaboration with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM). She is a life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. Some of her most outstanding Spanish translations include: Nefasto by Nicole Clarkston, Cuando el sol se duerme by Alix James, Pemberley, el dragón del señor Darcy by Maria Grace, El descanso del marinero by Don Jacobson, and her four Christmas anthology editions.

Abigail Reynolds may be a nationally bestselling author and a physician, but she can’t follow a straight line with a ruler. Originally from upstate New York, she studied Russian and theater at Bryn Mawr College and marine biology at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. After a stint in performing arts administration, she decided to attend medical school, and took up writing as a way to retain her sanity during her years as a physician in private practice. A life-long lover of Jane Austen’s novels, Abigail began writing variations on Pride & Prejudice in 2001, then expanded her repertoire to include a series of novels set on her beloved Cape Cod.Her most recent releases are A Matter of Honor, Mr. Darcy's Enchantment, and Conceit & Concealment. Her books have been translated into six languages. A lifetime member of JASNA, she lives on Cape Cod with her husband, her son and a menagerie of animals. Her hobbies do not include sleeping or cleaning her house.

Summer Hanford grew up on a dairy farm in Upstate New York. She earned her bachelor’s degree in experimental psychology and went on to do graduate and doctoral work in behavioral neurology. Eventually turning away from long hours spent in research, Summer returned to her childhood dream of being an author. Summer writes in three genres; Epic Fantasy, Historical Romance, and Pride & Prejudice Variations. Summer’s complete five novel YA fantasy series, Thrice Born, was published by Martin Sisters Publishing and is available wherever books are sold. Starting in 2014, Summer was offered the privilege of partnering with fan fiction author Renata McMann on her well-loved Pride and Prejudice variations. Since then, they’ve had over a dozen amazon number one best sellers, in the US and several other countries, in both Europe and Latin America. In 2020, Summer launched her Crown & Dagger Historical Romance Series and in 2021, she launched her new Epic Fantasy Series, Rise of the Summer God. Summer’s Sweet Regency Romance Series, The Ellsworth Sisters Quartet, concludes in 2022 and is available on amazon. For more about Summer, visit www.summerhanford.com.