Dan Solomon is a freelance journalist in Austin, Texas who about sports, politics, music, tech, film, food, science, religion and cultures. He says he likes trying to understand how these things shape our world and lives. Most of his work has been for Texas Monthly and Fast Company; he has also written for the Austin Chronicle, Vanity Fair, Wired and the New York Times. The Fight for Midnight (North Star Editions) is his first novel. He can be found at dan@dansolomon.com.   Q: You’ve transitioned from journalist to fiction writer with a first novel (The Fight for Midnight) that interweaves a startling variety of threads: […]

Daniel Aleman is the Mexican-born author of Indivisible (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2021), which follows the journey of a Mexican-American teenage boy whose undocumented immigrant parents are deported to Mexico. It won the 2022 Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award and was named a Top LGBTQ+ Book of Spring 2021 by Buzzfeed. Daniel’s second novel, Brighter Than the Sun (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2023), features a teen girl tackling themes of immigration, identity, family and growing up too quickly. The youngest of three children, Daniel was born and raised in Mexico City before his family immigrated to the US. […]

With the DNA of a world traveler, D.J. Williams was born and raised in Hong Kong, igniting an adventurous spirit as he ventured into the jungles of the Amazon, the bush of Africa and the ancient cities of the Far East. His global travels submerged him in a myriad of cultures, providing a unique perspective that fuels his creativity. After writing three adult thrillers, D.J. recently published Hunt for Eden’s Star  (from Wander, the YA imprint of Tyndale House Publishers, 2023)—the first in the Beacon Hill series set both in Hong Kong and in fantasy realms. It’s a globally inspired, […]

Tobias Madden is an author and editor with a passion for creating captivating young-adult fiction. Originally from Ballarat, Australia, Tobias has worked as a performer, touring across Australia and New Zealand with productions such as “Mary Poppins,” “Cats,” “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Guys and Dolls.” In 2019, Tobias edited and published Underdog, an anthology of #LoveOzYA short stories by previously unpublished Australian young-adult fiction writers. He is also the co-writer of the cabaret show “Siblingship,” which has played to sold-out audiences in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Tobias’s debut novel, Anything but Fine, was published in 2021 and shortlisted for […]

Giano Cromley is the author of two young-adult novels, The Prince of Infinite Space (Propertius Press, 2022) and The Last Good Halloween (Tortoise Books, 2013), as well as the adult short story collection, What We Build Upon the Ruins (Tortoise Books, 2017). He has been a finalist for the High Plains Book Award twice, and is a recipient of an Artists Fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council. His second novel drew comparisons with J. D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. Originally from Billings, Montana, Giano graduated from Dartmouth College and received an MFA from the University of Montana. He worked […]