Jenny Milchman is the Mary Higgins Clark award winning and USA Today bestselling author of five novels. Her work has been praised by the New York Times, New York Journal of Books, San Francisco Journal of Books and more; earned spots on Best Of lists including PureWow, POPSUGAR, the Strand, Suspense, and Big Thrill magazines; and received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist and Shelf Awareness. Four of her novels have been Indie Next Picks. Jenny's short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies as well as Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and a recent piece on book touring appeared in the Agatha award winning collection Promophobia. This fall, Jenny’s new series features Arles Shepherd, a psychologist who has the power to save the most troubled and vulnerable children, but must battle demons of her own to do it, launches with Thomas & Mercer. Jenny is a member of the Rogue Women Writers and lives in the Catskills with her family.

C. M. Waggoner grew up in rural upstate New York, where she spent a lot of time reading fantasy novels in a swamp. She studied creative writing at SUNY Purchase and lived in China for eight years before moving to Albany, New York, where she now lives with her husband and daughter. She is the author of Unnatural Magic and The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry. Publishing on September 24th, 2024 is her third book, The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society, which is what happens if someone who watched Buffy the Vampire as a teen went down a Murder She Wrote-shaped wormhole mid-pandemic and spent way too much time thinking about why, exactly, an adorable little New England town would be afflicted by quite so many murders. When she’s not writing or reading, she enjoys cooking, trying to learn how to draw, and going on extremely long walks.