MARY E. PEARSON ("Gargouille") is the author of several award-winning books, including The Adoration of Jenna Fox, which is being made into a movie by Twentieth Century Fox. She is a native Californian and writes from her home in Carlsbad, where she lives with her family and two very spoiled golden retrievers. Her book awards and honors include the Golden Kite Award, the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults, the New York Public Library's Best Books, the International Reading Association's Choice Books, and the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award. Her other novels include A Room on Lorelei Street, The Miles Between, and her newest book, The Fox Inheritance. For more information on Mary and her books, visit www.marypearson.com.

JENNIFER LYNN BARNES ("The Third Kind") is the author of eight books for teens, including Raised by Wolves, the Squad series, and Tattoo. She wrote her first YA novel when she was still a teenager herself, and since then, her books have been published in a dozen countries worldwide. Jen grew up in Oklahoma, lives in Connecticut, and generally tries to avoid road trips because she has no sense of direction whatsoever. You can visit her online at www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com.

RACHEL CAINE ("Automatic") is the internationally bestselling author of the Morganville Vampires series as well as the Weather Warden and Outcast Season adult urban fantasy series; "Automatic" is based on the Morganville Vampires series and features Michael Glass and his Goth girlfriend, Eve. In 2011, Rachel premieres a brand-new adult urban fantasy series, the Revivalists, with the release of Working Stiff, the story of a young funeral director who discovers her new bosses have an illicit business in reviving the dead . . . for profit. Rachel lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with her husband, award-winning fantasy artist R. Cat Conrad, and their ginormous iguanas, Darwin and Popeye. You can visit her online at www.rachelcaine.com.

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