Chris Lynch has never been a New York Times bestselling author, not even close. But he has been publishing young-adult and middle-grade novels since 1993. One of them was a National Book Award finalist, and another was a Michael L. Printz award honor book. His next YA novel, Walkin’ the Dog, will be out with Simon & Schuster in 2022, probably.

Jami Brandli’s award-winning plays include Technicolor Life, Sisters Three, Through the Eye of a Needle, O: A Rhapsody in Divorce, Visiting Hours and BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!). Her work has been produced and developed at venues including the New Dramatists, the New York Theatre Workshop, The Women’s Voices Theater Festival, and The Inkwell Theater. Her short works are published with Theatre Communications Group, Dramatic Publishing Company and Smith & Kraus.