Bella Johnson is an acclaimed fantasy and paranormal author, who sometimes pens straight romantic comedies as well if feeling inclined. She started writing books when she was just thirteen years old, and ironically enough, is when she created the extremely popular series Heart Of Hunters! Bella joined Wattpad in 2012 and began to seriously chase her dreams of being a writer of stories after the success of Wolfstate Chronicles! (Now available on Tales!)

Author of The Enchanted Bay Mystery Series, Esme Addison is the bestselling and Agatha nominee for First Best Book. She resides in North Carolina with her family. Learn more about her at esmeaddison.com.

Emilia Rose is an international bestselling author of steamy romance.
Highly inspired by her study abroad trip to Greece in 2019, Emilia loves to include greek and roman mythology in her writing. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in psychology and a minor in creative writing in 2020 and now writes novels as her day-job.
With over 18 million combined story views online and a growing presence on reading apps, she hopes to inspire other young novelists with her story of growth and imagination, so that they go on to write the stories that need to be told.

Rachel Aukes is the bestselling novelist of over thirty novels, including 100 Days in Deadland, which made Suspense Magazine’s Best of the Year list. She’s written in a number of genres including science fiction, horror, thriller, and romance. When not writing, Rachel can be found flying old airplanes with an incredibly spoiled dog over the Iowa countryside.

Amy Kay (A.K.) DuBoff has always loved science fiction in all its forms, including books, movies, shows, and games. If it involves outer space, even better! She is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author and screenwriter specializing in space-based science fiction and fantasy. Dubbed the modern “Queen of Space Opera” by her readers, she is most known for her acclaimed Cadicle Universe. When she’s not writing, she enjoys travel, wine tasting, binge-watching TV series, and playing epic strategy board games.

​Ashley R. King is a middle school English teacher whose love of the written word began when her mom took her to the public library, letting her check out stacks of books taller than she was. She’s the least athletic person you’ll ever meet, but that doesn’t decrease her love for her favorite sport, tennis.

She loves swoony romances and is addicted to sweet tea. When she’s not teaching or writing happily ever afters, she can be found snuggled up with a book, travelling, or quoting obscure lines from her favorite movies and tv shows. She lives in a small town in Georgia with her favorite person in the world—her husband, and their sweet and chatty spoiled cat, Cleo.

Amber K. Bryant is an award-winning multi-genre author living deep within Sasquatch territory in Washington State. Her stories have gained millions of reads on Wattpad, where she has built a world-wide fanbase. She collaborated on a short story with R. L. Stine, won several contests judged by Margaret Atwood, and has a story optioned by Wattpad Studios. When she isn’t writing, she works as a librarian and spends time with her family exploring the Pacific Northwest. She has yet to spot Bigfoot but has faith it will happen one day. Her Spirit Seeker series is published with City Owl Press.

Zoe Bannis is a renowned romance author with tens of millions of reads across publishing platforms.

Born on the small Caribbean Island, ‘The Commonwealth of Dominica,” Bannis developed an obsession for books after they provided an escape for her when she moved to a community where she knew no one.

At the young age of 14, she obtained her first million reads on Wattpad. Readership for her most recognized work, Peach Kisses, a powerful mafia romance novel, continues to grow and is currently at 25 million reads.

D.M. Wozniak is not nearly as interesting as the worlds and characters he creates, except, perhaps, for the fact that he has six children – three of whom are triplets. He lives in the close suburbs of Chicago with his wife Michele, five daughters, one son, and a massive labrador. He’s not sure if his home would be part of Bluecore 1C or in the Redlands.

For decades he has been reading speculative fiction novels, and somehow found the time to write one of his own. And then one became two.

A software architect by trade, his interests also lie in photography, independent music, and wasting money on his Porsche 911. Oh wait… forget that. He had to sell it.

Autumn Breeze is a bestselling LGBT+ author and current Radish Content Provider. She is also the winner of a 2015 Watty Award, a former Wattpad Star, with more than 70K followers, and 30 million reads on her combined Wattpad accounts @Autumn_Breeze and @HonestDying.

She was featured in Cosmo in 2017 “My Lessons with the Sexy Dance Instructor,” and she worked as a Freelance Writer for 20th Century Fox on, “Seeking A Cure:A Cure for Wellness: ”

Ryan has been a freelance screenwriter and writing coach for more than a decade and his produced screenplays have received more than 40 awards and international distribution. He has worked across all genres in film and television and has head written and narrative designed 18 different video game titles before joining the Tales team. In 2016 he founded a podcast company (Dumb-Dumbs & Dice) whose science fiction, fantasy and horror shows have received more than two million listens to date. He is currently writing his third novel, and his first will be published in the fall of 2022.