The Radical Element

Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) is a Mexican-American author of young adult magical realism and fairy-tale retellings with queer and Latine characters. They were born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in California. Their debut novel, The Weight of Feathers, was published in 2015, followed by When the Moon Was Ours, Wild Beauty, Blanca & Roja, Dark and Deepest Red and Lakelore, plus Miss Meteor with Tehlor Kay Mejia and Venom & Vow with Elliott McLemore. When the Moon Was Ours won th...

Sara Farizan is the author of the young adult novel If You Could Be Mine. Her work often explores themes of identity and relationships within contemporary settings.

Marieke Nijkamp is the author of popular young adult thrillers such as This Is Where It Ends, Feral Youth, and Even If We Break. She also wrote *At

Stacey Lee is a fourth-generation Chinese American author from Southern California who practiced law, including in Silicon Valley, before writing full-time; she holds a law degree from UC Davis King Hall and is a founding member and legal director of We Need Diverse Books. She writes historical and contemporary young-adult fiction centering Chinese American experiences, including Under a Painted Sky, The Downstairs Girl, Luck of the Titanic, and Kill Her Twice.

Mackenzi Lee is an American author of books for children and young adults. She writes fiction and nonfiction, often about sexuality and the role of women throughout history. She holds a BA in history and an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Simmons University, and lives in Boston. Her debut novel, This Monstrous Thing (2015), retells Frankenstein. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (2017) began the Montague Siblings series, which continued with The Lady's Guide to Petticoat...