JENNIFER BRODY / VERA STRANGE is the author of the popular Disney Chills series, The 13th Continuum trilogy, and the Stoker Finalist SPECTRE DEEP 6, prompting Forbes to call Brody “a star in the graphic novel world.” She is the co-author of STAR WARS: STORIES OF JEDI & SITH, where she penned the Darth Vader story. She’s a graduate of Harvard University, a film/TV producer and writer, and a creative writing instructor. She began her career in Hollywood working for A-List directors and movie studios. More info: www.jenniferbrody.com

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author LIVIA BLACKBURNE wrote her first novel while researching the neuroscience of reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since then, she’s switched to full time writing, which also involves getting into people’s heads but without the help of a three tesla MRI scanner. She is the author of MIDNIGHT THIEF (An Indies Introduce New Voices selection) ROSEMARKED (A YALSA Teens Top Ten nominee), and FEATHER AND FLAME, as well as the picture book I DREAM OF POPO, which received three starred reviews and was on numerous Best of Year lists.

Vera Strange (Jennifer Brody) and Livia Blackburne in discussion