Chia Gounza Vang
Chia Gounza Vang
Chia Gounza Vangwas born in Laos. Her family escaped to the refugee camp in Thailand after the Vietnam War and now residing in Wisconsin with her husband and four children. She is a social studies teacher and a SCBWI member. Her passion for history inspires her to research and write YA historical fiction. In the summer time, she writes, sells food at the farmer’s market and helps out at her sister’s restaurant. Follow her on Twitter:@chiagounzavang
Charleigh Frederick
Charleigh Frederick
Charleigh Frederick’s writing career launched like the ringing of a graveyard bell while on medical leave from college. She’s now back in school, studying architecture at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Born and raised in the Lake Superior port town of Duluth, Minnesota, Charleigh signed her first book contract with Scarsdale Publishing while still a teenager. In addition to writing, she loves theater, music, spending time with her family, and her sorority, Theta Phi Alpha. For more about Charleigh and her work, visitcharleighfrederick.wixsite.com/cswrite.
Scarsdale Rising Star
Charleigh Frederick signed a three book urban fantasy YA contract.
Brett Davis
Brett Davis
Brett Davis is a lifelong writer of both journalism and fiction. Growing up in north Alabama, he learned both about the Tuskegee Airmen and the German rocket scientists in Huntsville who helped put men on the moon. He’s glad to be able to bring their stories together in this novel. Brett is the author of five science fiction and fantasy novels but spends most of his time writing nonfiction about robots and drones. He studied journalism and photography at the University of North Alabama and the University of Missouri and has lived in Washington longer than anywhere else, but it doesn’t seem to have done him any harm. He’s an avid runner and biker and likes to spend as much time underwater as possible. He also bakes a mean scone. Follow him on Twitter at Brett_Davis and Instagram at Bsivad.
Inés Iglesias
Inés IglesiasSpanish Translator
Since I can remember I have always loved reading and exploring other realities through books. After graduating from the University of Santiago de Compostela with an English degree and from UNIR with Spanish master’s degree, I realized that I could combine my two passions, reading and languages, and being to be able to make more accessible new books and new authors to more people through translations. With two translation certificates, I want to keep learning and improving to not to be lost in translation. In my free time I love learning other languages and knowing other cultures, as well as reading and traveling.
Bianca White
Bianca White
Bianca White is a new voice in historical romance and cannot wait to sweep you into her character-driven stories featuring witty banter and immersive historical details. Her degree in history means she enjoys undertaking research for her novels a bit too much and regularly gets lost down the research rabbit hole. Her “research” is often used as an excuse to drag members of her family around every stately home and castle wherever they go. Nothing can keep her away from an historical fashion exhibition. When not writing, Bianca feeds her own addiction for romance novels. She loves stories with droll dialogue, endearing rogues, and determined heroines. If you love those too, then you are in for a treat. You can find more of her work on her blog, Bianca White Writes, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
Scarsdale Rising Star
Bianca White signed a five book contract for regency romance.
Ben Speers
Ben Speers
Ben Speers has been writing fiction since he was fourteen, when he came across a badly written horror story on the internet. Vowing that even he could do better, he sat down and quickly discovered he could not, in fact, do better. He has studied history and creative writing at Liverpool Hope university and achieved a Merit for his masters in a miracle roughly on par with the resurrection of Lazarus. Expect a high kill count in anything he writes. If for some inexplicable reason you still want to talk to him,his twitter handle is the extremely creative @speers_benjamin.
Scarsdale Rising Star
Ben Speers signed an eight book contract for a hard-boiled queer detective series.
