Rachel Cohn is the author of critically acclaimed YA novels Very LeFreak, You Know Where to Find Me, Cupcake, Shrimp, Gingerbread, and Beta. A graduate of Barnard College, she lives and writes in Los Angeles.
When not writing during spare hours on weekends, David Levithan is editorial director at Scholastic and the founding editor of the PUSH imprint, which is devoted to finding new voices and new authors in teen literature. His acclaimed novels Boy Meets Boy and The Realm of Possibility started as stories he wrote for his friends for Valentine's Day (something he's done for the past 22 years and counting) that turned themselves into teen novels. He's often asked if the book is a work of fantasy or a work of reality, and the answer is right down the middle—it's about where we're going, and where we should be.
Ryan Gesell, a native of Los Angeles, can be seen on screen and stage regularly. Recent film credits include Crossing Over and A Perfect Getaway. His television credits include The Shield, Prison Break, Seventh Heaven, Passions, Boy Meets World, and more. He’s appeared in numerous commercials and PSAs as well as countless Internet shorts and Webisodes.
Tara Sands’s voice can be heard in numerous cartoons, video games, and commercials. She played over 50 roles in the first eight seasons of Pokémon and was the on-camera host of Fridays on the Cartoon Network for two years. As a narrator, she has recorded over 200 audiobooks.