Blackout

Angie Thomas is an American author of young adult and middle-grade fiction. She was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and studied creative writing at Belhaven University, where she earned a BFA. As a teenager she was a rapper who was featured in Right On! magazine. Her debut novel, The Hate U Give (2017), was acquired by Balzer + Bray in a 13-house auction and debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. She followed it with On the Come Up (2019) and Concrete Rose (2021), and has co-...

Ashley Woodfolk is a contemporary young adult author known for novels like Blackout, The Beauty That Remains, and Nothing Burns As Bright As You. Her stories often explore themes of friendship, love, and self-discovery.

Nicola Yoon is a Jamaican-American author of young adult fiction. She grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn, New York, studied electrical engineering at Cornell University and earned a Master of Creative Writing at Emerson College, and worked as a programmer for about twenty years before publishing. Her debut novel Everything, Everything (2015) and The Sun Is Also a Star (2016) both reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list and were adapted into films; The Sun Is Also a Star was a Natio...

Tiffany D. Jackson is the author of the award-winning young adult novel Monday's Not Coming. She writes gripping stories that often explore difficult themes for teens.