TANYA BYRNE worked for BBC Radio and left to write her debut novel, Heart-Shaped Bruise, published in 2012. Follow Me Down was published in 2013, and her third novel, For Holly, was published in June 2015. Tanya’s short story ‘Hackney Moon’ was included in Stripes’ A Change Is Gonna Come anthology in 2017.

JUNO DAWSON is the best-selling author of 15 titles for young adults including This Book Is Gay, Clean and The Good Doctor for the BBC’s Doctor Who range. She regularly contributes to The Pool and Attitude and appears on television and radio discussing feminism, gender and identity.

FRANK DUFFY is a nonbinary trans person from Cardiff. They have been a freelance graphic designer and illustrator for fifteen years, and have an MA in Illustration: Authorial Practice from Falmouth University. They have written and illustrated a partly autobiographical art book about gender, the shifting nature of identity and the self – visit their website frankduffy.co.uk for more information.

MOÏRA FOWLEY-DOYLE is the author of The Accident Season, which was shortlisted for the 2015 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and Spellbook of the Lost and Found, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Irish Book Awards. Moïra is half-French, half-Irish and lives in Dublin where she writes magic realism, reads tarot cards and raises witch babies.

SIMON JAMES GREEN is an author and screenwriter. His debut YA novel, Noah Can’t Even, was published by Scholastic in May 2017, followed by the sequel, Noah Could Never, in June 2018. The books have also been optioned for TV by Urban Myth Films. Simon’s screen credits include co-writing the feature-length romcom Rules of Love (BBC), and a short stint directing Hollyoaks (C4).

LEO GREENFIELD has contributed to The Daily Telegraph, L’Officiel, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Hardie Grant Books, and collaborated with brands such as Brooks Brothers and Gucci. Greenfield has exhibited his work widely in Australia as well as Paris and London. Greenfield is currently working as a columnist for the Adelaide Review, where he profiles the people of Adelaide in Drawn to the City.

SAFFA KHAN is an illustrator and printmaker who self-publishes printed matter on the themes of identity, mental health, race, culture and daily feelings. She also runs @tenderhandspress, a small risograph press that aims to diversify DIY spaces, and curates @makestuffclub, a series of skill-sharing workshops for anyone who seeks comfort through making.

KAREN LAWLER is an American living in London with her awesome wife and extremely cute dog Buffy. She loves reading, especially sci-fi, fantasy, YA, and historical non-fiction, and she funds her book habit by working in children’s publishing. She loves a good teen movie (10 Things I Hate About You is the best and she will fight you on that). This is the first time her writing has appeared in print.