MEGAN KELLEY HALL, in addition to coediting this book, is the author of Sisters of Misery and The Lost Sister, two teen gothic thrillers that tackled bullying and “mean girls” way before bullying became daily news. Megan is a founding partner with her mother and sister of Kelley & Hall Book Publicity and has written for a variety of publications, including Elle, Glamour, Parenting, American Baby, Working Mother, the Boston Globe, and the Boston Herald. A graduate of Skidmore College, she lives north of Boston with her husband and her daughter. Visit her online at www.megankelleyhall.com.
KRISTIN HARMEL, a longtime reporter for People, is the author of The Art of French Kissing, Italian for Beginners, The Blonde Theory, How to Sleep with a Movie Star, and the teen novel After. She has lived in Paris, Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Miami, and now resides primarily in Orlando. Visit her online at www.kristinharmel.com.
When NANCY HOLDER was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer in Cologne, Germany. Eventually she returned home to California and graduated from the University of California, San Diego. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, Nancy has received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times. She and Debbie Viguié coauthored the New York Times bestselling series Wicked, Crusade, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles. Nancy is also the author of the teen horror series Possessions and has written many novels set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Saving Grace, Hellboy, and Smallville universes. Visit her online at www.nancyholder.com.
ELLEN HOPKINS is the New York Times bestselling author of Crank, Burned, Impulse, Glass, Identical, and Perfect. Visit her online at www.ellenhopkins.com.
TONYA HURLEY is the author of the instant New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed ghostgirl series, and Blessed, the beginning of a new trilogy. A writer for television and film as well, Tonya has created, produced, and written live and animated series for ABC, and her independent films have been selected for such prestigious film festivals as Tribeca, Edinburgh, and the LA Independent, and broadcast on IFC, the Sundance Channel, and PBS. Tonya lives in New York with her husband and daughter. Visit her online at www.tonyahurley.com.
CARRIE JONES (the writer, not the porn star, and this book’s coeditor) has been battling bullies ever since they told her she talked funny. She’s pretty sure she still talks funny, but it hasn’t kept her from being an internationally bestselling author of the Need series or winning awards for some of her other books. It also hasn’t kept her from being an undercover prostitute, a church secretary, a police dispatcher, or a gymnastics instructor. Carrie is also the author of After Obsession, cowritten with Steven E. Wedel. She lives in Maine with two ridiculously large dogs and the rest of her family. None of them mind how she talks either. Visit her online at www.carriejonesbooks.com.
New York Times bestselling author SOPHIE JORDAN grew up in the Texas hill country, where she wove fantasies of dragons, warriors, and princesses. Sophie is a former high school English teacher and her debut young adult novel, Firelight, is out now. Visit her online at www.sophiejordan.net.
LAURA KASISCHKE has published several novels, including The Raising and two novels for teens, Boy Heaven and Feathered, and eight collections of poetry. She is a professor in the MFA program and at the Residential College at the University of Michigan. She lives with her husband and son in Chelsea, Michigan.
LAUREN KATE grew up in Dallas, went to school in Atlanta, and started writing in New York. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series and The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove. She lives in Laurel Canyon, California, with her husband and hopes to work in a restaurant kitchen, get a dog, and learn how to surf. Visit her online at www.laurenkatebooks.net.
JOCELYN MAEVE KELLEY is a literary publicist and freelance journalist, writing for national magazines like Glamour, Self, Elle, and The Writer. A magna cum laude graduate of Emerson College, Jocelyn hosted and produced an award-winning Associated Press public affairs radio program that tackled subjects such as bullying, depression, and school systems in America. Visit her online at www.kelleyandhall.com.
DEBORAH KERBEL is the author of Lure, Girl on the Other Side, and Mackenzie, Lost and Found. Girl on the Other Side, which deals with the subject of bullying in school, was shortlisted by the Canadian Library Association for its Young Adult Book Award. Born in London, Deborah currently lives and writes in Thornhill, Ontario, with her husband and two children. Visit her online at www.deborahkerbel.com.
A. S. KING is the author of the ALA Best Book for Young Adults The Dust of 100 Dogs; the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Please Ignore Vera Dietz, described as “deeply suspenseful and profoundly human” by Publishers Weekly, and Everybody Sees the Ants. Recently returned from Ireland, where she spent more than a decade living off the land, breeding rare poultry, teaching literacy, and writing novels, she now lives deep in the Pennsylvania woods with her husband and children. Learn more online at www.as-king.com.
JO KNOWLES, author of Lessons from a Dead Girl, Jumping Off Swings, and Pearl, lives in Vermont with her husband and son. Visit her online at www.joknowles.com or follow her blog at www.jbknowles.livejournal.com.
AMY GOLDMAN KOSS is the author of several novels, including The Not-So-Great Depression, Poison Ivy, and Side Effects. She lives in California with her husband and children. Visit her online at www.amygoldmankoss.net.
STEPHANIE KUEHNERT was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1979. She got her start like most authors by writing bad poetry about unrequited love and razor blades back in the eighth grade, also around the time she discovered punk rock. Stephanie is the author of I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone and Ballads of Suburbia. Visit her online at www.stephaniekuehnert.com.
Although ERIC LUPER took his fair share of being force-fed grass on the soccer field and being pushed into his locker after gym class, he found himself on the other side of it all a stronger, more compassionate human being. Now he is the author of numerous books for young people, including Jeremy Bender vs. the Cupcake Cadets and Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto. (By the way, guess how many of those bullies have written books? None!) To learn more, visit Eric online at www.ericluper.com.
CAROLYN MACKLER is the author of the Michael L. Printz Honor Book The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, Tangled, Guyaholic, Vegan Virgin Valentine, and Love and Other Four-Letter Words. Carolyn lives in New York City with her husband and two young sons. Visit her online at www.carolynmackler.com.