Meet our Mentors

  • Photo of Audrey smiling at the camera, one hand tucked under her chin

    Audrey Goldberg Ruoff

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Contemporary, speculative, and high fantasy. I enjoy a genre mash up! 

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  • Close up photo of Bayley smiling against a blue backdrop

    Bayley Mae

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    MG, YA

    Genres:

    MG (all genres, except for contemporary without a speculative/thriller element); YA (thriller, horror)

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  • A selfie of a freckled white girl who looks into the camera and smiles. She has blue eyes and shoulder-length brown hair with bangs. She's standing in front of a green bush with pink flowers.

    Birdie Schae

    she/her

    Age Groups:
    YA

    Genres:
    Contemporary, romance, mystery/thriller, horror, fantasy

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  • Photo of Bita wearing a black turtleneck, standing in front of a brightly colored wall

    Bita Behzadi

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Speculative, sci-fi, fantasy (all subgenres)

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  • Photo of B.L. Jasper, a blonde woman wearing a black shirt, smiling against a gray backdrop

    B.L. Jasper

    she/her

    Age Groups:
    YA, Adult (including crossover)

    Genres:
    Fantasy, historical, Sci-fi, romance (combined with one of previously mentioned genres)

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  • A photo of C.J., a blonde woman, close up

    C.J. Subko

    she/her

    Age Groups:
    YA & Adult

    Genres:
    Horror, sci-fi, fantasy

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  • Photo of Camille smiling and looking to the side, standing in a city environment

    Camille Chong

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Fantasy (all subgenres), low SFF, romance/romcom, romantasy, horror*. contemporary, action

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  • Cass Biehn, a white, nonbinary person with gold cat eye glasses and shoulder-length brown curly hair, stands smiling in front of a rainbow organized bookshelf. They're wearing a black shirt and gold necklace.

    Cass Biehn

    they/them

    Age Groups:
    MG, YA, Adult

    Genres:
    Fantasy, historical, contemporary, romance

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  • CL Montblanc

    they/any

    Age Groups:
    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:
    Mystery, thriller, horror, romcom

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  • DeAndra Davis (black woman with nose rings and long straight hair) with hand on chin smiling.

    DeAndra Davis

    she/her

    Age Groups:
    MG, YA, Adult

    Genres:
    Horror, thriller, contemporary, fantasy, literary

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  • Headshot of Eunice Kim standing on a rooftop with potted plants and apartment buildings behind her.

    Eunice Kim

    she/her

    Age Groups:
    YA, Adult

    Genres:
    Women's fiction, speculative, contemporary, historical, romance, thriller sub-genres

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  • Photo of Fabiana, a woman with long wavy brown hair, smiling at the camera, standing in front of green leaves and tree branches

    Fabiana Muñoz

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:
    Fantasy, horror, romance (especially interested in “genre blends”: romantasy, horromance, etc.)

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  • Photo of Fatiha, a woman wearing red lipstick and a hijab, standing in front of a bookshelf

    Fatiha Rais

    she/they

    Age Groups:

    Upper YA, NA/Crossover, Adult

    Genres:

    Genre/commercial, fantasy (all kinds!), historical fiction, mystery

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  • picture of Helen, looking off to the side, in the left half of the image and Solar, smiling at the camera, in the right half

    Helen Z. Dong & Solar Hoàng

    she/her

    Age Groups:
    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:
    Fantasy, horror

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  • headshot of Hien dressed in black, sitting at a table, facing the camera

    Hien Nguyen

    she/her

    Age Groups:
    YA, Adult

    Genres:
    Horror, sci fi, fantasy, anything under the speculative umbrella, and literary or literary adjacent works

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  • Close up photo of Jill smiling at the camera

    Jill Tew

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    MG, YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Dystopia, science fiction

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  • Photo of Karis, a woman with black rimmed glasses and curly blonde hair wearing a floral dress

    Karis Rogerson

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    MG, YA, Adult

    Genres:

    Contemporary, fantasy, romance (all subcategories)

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  • Photo of Lara, wearing glasses and wearing a magenta blazer, smiling at the camera

    Lara Ameen

    she/they

    Age Groups:

    YA, Adult

    Genres:

    Contemporary fantasy, contemporary gothic horror, thriller (short stories only), sci-fi (time loops and time travel only), dark academia

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  • A photo of Laura slightly from above. One hand is on her hip and she's smiling at the camera.

    Laura Galán-Wells

    she/her

    Age Groups:
    MG, YA

    Genres:
    SFFH

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  • Close up headshot of Lauren smiling at the camera

    Lauren Shade-Rivero

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Romance, contemporary, horror, speculative, mystery/thriller, dark academia

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  • Photo of Lilly smiling at the camera, standing in front of a white wall with greenery

    Lilly Lu

    she/they

    Age Groups:

    MG, YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Speculative, low fantasy, queer romance

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  • A photo of Marina in a beige/gray sweater in front of a body of water

    M. Stevenson

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Fantasy (all subgenres)

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  • Photo of Noelle, wearing clear-rimmed glasses and smiling

    Noelle Monét

    she/they

    Age Groups:

    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Contemporary fantasy, dark academia, romance, horror, thriller, dystopian

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  • Photo of Olivia smiling at the camera, leaning against a shelf

    Olivia Sun

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Fantasy, contemporary, romance, thriller

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  • Photo of Quinton, wearing black rimmed glasses, smiling at the camera

    Quinton Li

    they/them

    Age Groups:

    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Fantasy, dark academia, thriller, crime

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  • A photo of Taven in a cheetah-print shirt and black leather jacket in front of trees.

    Raven Traylor

    she/they

    Age Groups:
    YA

    Genres:
    Speculative, horror, contemporary; contemporary fantasy

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  • Close up photo of Rosario smiling at the camera in front of some greenery and a brick wall

    Rosario Martinez

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    PB

    Genres:

    PB

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  • Photo of Samantha wearing wide glasses and smiling at the camera

    Samantha Chong

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA

    Genres:

    Sci-fi, fantasy (contemporary), horror, historical, thriller

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  • Photo of Shalini, a woman with wavy brown hair, in front of a gray bricked wall

    Shalini Abeysekara

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA, Adult

    Genres:
    Fantasy of all and every kind, horror, dark academia, mystery, thriller, suspense, historical, sci-fi,romcoms, cross-genre work within these genres, anything with romance except women’s fiction and speculative fiction

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  • Photo of Sofia smiling at the camera

    Sofia Aves

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA, Adult

    Genres:

    Contemporary romance, mystery, thriller

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  • A photo of Taylor, a blonde- and rainbow-haired person in a white t-shirt facing the camera, chin propped in one hand.

    Taylor Grothe

    none/they/she

    Age Groups:
    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:
    Horror of all stripes; Speculative; Thriller, Dark Fantasy and Dark Academia with a horror features; Nonfiction (in essay or memoir up to 90k words); Novella (2-3 works up to 90k)

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  • Photo of Taylor, medium-length red hair, standing in front of greenery

    Taylor Pitts

    she/they

    Age Groups:

    MG, YA

    Genres:

    Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, speculative

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  • Photo of Tzeyi dressed in red traditional Chinese hanfu

    Tzeyi Koay

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Fantasy and all things related e.g. romantasy, horror, historical, science fiction

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  • Close up photo of Val smiling at the camera

    Val Robles

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA, Adult

    Genres:

    Horror, fantasy

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  • Close up photo of Vishaka

    Vishaka Sriram

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    YA, NA, Adult

    Genres:

    Fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, historical, mystery/thriller, dark academia, gothic, speculative

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  • Photo of Yuvashri wearing a brown sweater, smiling, and standing in front of greenery

    Yuvashri Harish

    she/her

    Age Groups:

    MG, YA, Adult

    Genres:

    Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, mystery and thriller

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  • Close-up of blonde woman with blue eyes and fair skin wearing a black turtleneck sweater and looking at the camera, with a blurry beige wall in the background.

    Holly Riddle

    Mentee liaison

    Not a mentor