Growing up in Atlanta, Meredith Walters often wandered nearby forests looking for animals and magic and writing stories about what she found. After getting a BA in literature from UC Berkeley, she spent ten years trying to figure out what she wanted to do with her life. Her adventures included volunteering for a nonprofit in Mexico, getting an MBA, and working for a social enterprise startup.
Eventually, she moved back East to be close to her human and non-human family. She now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, working as a life/career coach helping others rediscover their lost magic and once again writing stories about what she finds on her wanders through the woods.
Her debut novel, This Animal Body, won the Coming-of-Age category in the 2024
Luis Figueredo was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. He completed his undergraduate degree in History from Brandeis University in Massachusetts and earned his law degree from Harvard Law School. He is the first in-house City Attorney for the City of Doral. During his legal profession, he has represented a diverse group of clients which include municipalities, national trade associations, corporations, real estate developers, and Indian Tribes. Luis is a big sports fan and movie buff. He still roots for N.Y. sports teams-Mets, Jets and Knicks. He is also a big fan of college basketball. In the winter and spring you can find him and his daughter Jordan (Jojo) cheering on the Florida State Seminoles.
Samantha Quamma lives in Seattle, Washington. When she's not writing about women making their place in the world, she's working in the technology industry and chipping away at her yearly reading goal. A Future of Her Own is her first novel.
