Avery Timmons is an Illinois-based young adult author holding a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing with a focus in fiction from Columbia College Chicago. She has had numerous speculative fiction short stories and photographs published in literary magazines and anthologies.
She is the author of young adult fantasy novels THICKER THAN WATER (2025) and MAIMED (2026).
Caroline Crews is a debut novelist who loves all things fantasy, dress-up events, and games. By day, she works in the medical field, and at night, she’s a writer of mostly fantasy and neurodivergent characters, like herself, who end up partaking in lots of games. She lives in Texas in a fantasy-decorated home.
Courtney grew up and still resides in Indiana, where she graduated from Indiana University and obtained degrees in Communication & Culture and Telecommunications. After a few years of working in the event planning space, she felt called to get back in the classroom and surround herself with books and learners, so she earned her teaching degree in Secondary Education and became a high school English teacher at the largest public school in Indianapolis.
After writing her debut YA Paranormal Romance, Courtney has written two more books: one a Women's Fiction novel with Speculative Elements and the other a Crossworlds Fantasy.
In her free time, Courtney spends as much time outdoors as possible with her husband, two daughters, and four dogs: Tyso
