Chasing Stars: Meg Gaertner is an editor of middle grade and young adult fiction, the author of several children’s nonfiction books, and a graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing program at Antioch University L.A. When she is not writing, she can be found swing dancing, hiking in nature, or playing with her two cats, Phobos and Deimos.

Exposed: Keith Wain grew up on a small dairy farm in northern Minnesota. He teaches writing at several colleges and universities and loves bookstores, music, forests, and sports. He lives with his wife, three sons, and dog in Otsego, Minnesota.

Riding Wild: Although she has never ridden a bull, Michelle L. Brown has been bucked off her share of ornery horses. Some of her favorite memories are of helping her grandpa with cattle on the ranch. These days, she spends her time rounding up her big family and herding her pet posse, which includes a Great Pyrenees, a French bulldog, a parrot, a Betta fish, and two hamsters.