Kristen Bird is a novelist, teacher, and certified book coach. She has lived coast to coast, but with her extended family in north Alabama, her roots run southern deep. She teaches high school English and writes in local coffee shops near her home outside of Houston. In her free time, she likes to visit parks with her three children, watch quirky films with her husband, and attempt to keep pace with her rescue lab-mix.

Chris Cander is the USA Today bestselling author of the novels A Gracious Neighbor, The Weight of a Piano, Whisper Hollow, and 11 Stories, and the children's picture book The Word Burglar. Her fiction has been published in twelve languages. A former firefighter, Cander holds a fourth dan in tae kwon do and is a certified women's defensive tactics instructor. She lives in Houston with her husband and two children. For more information, visit www.chriscander.com.

USA today bestselling author Nishita Parekh was born and raised in Mumbai and now lives in Texas with her husband and toddler. She is a software programmer but a writer at heart and loves writing about her experiences as a woman and an immigrant. She is an active member of International Thriller Writers, Crime Writers of Color, and Sisters in Crime, and is a #RevPit contest winner. The Night of the Storm is her first novel.

Born, raised, and based in Houston, Texas, Alison Wisdom is the author of two novels, We Can Only Save Ourselves and The Burning Season, both published by Harper Collins. Alison's short stories have been published in Ploughshares, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, and more.

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