Katarina E. Tonks (@KatRocks247 on Wattpad) is a sophomore in college and studies Creative Writing at FDU. She’s been writing funny, romantic, and dark stories on Wattpad for five years. In her free time, she buys things simply because they’re rainbow, binge watches television shows, falls in love with fictional villains, and sobs when the fictional villain dies. Connect with her on Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat as @KatRocks247.

Bella Higgin (@Bella_Higgin on Wattpad) is a British chick obsessed with reading and writing. When she’s not off in some fictional world, she can be found rescuing animals and dancing barefoot in the rain. Most days she can be found lurking on Wattpad, Twitter (as @Bella_Higgin), or her website WritersRamblings.com. Her free time is spent hunting down new additions for an ever-increasing collection of TV/film memorabilia.

Scarlett Drake (@ScarletteDrake on Wattpad) lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her boyfriend and her cat. By day she works for a social housing charity. By night she writes contemporary romantic fiction with erotic flavorings and a bit of a twist, which she releases weekly on Wattpad. She has published multiple stories on Wattpad and has been featured in the New York Times, Cosmo, and Buzzfeed, and last year won a Watty People’s Choice Award for her original fiction. She hopes to one day give up the day job and write stories all day everyday in quaint little beach house on the west coast of the USA. You can find her on Twitter as @ScarletteDrake.

Rachel Aukes (@RachelAukes on Wattpad) is the author of 100 Days in Deadland, which made Suspense Magazine’s Best of 2013 list. Rachel lives near Des Moines with her husband and an incredibly spoiled sixty-pound lap dog. When not writing, she can be found flying old airplanes and planning for the zombie apocalypse. For more information, visit RachelAukes.com or find her on Twitter as @RachelAukes.

Dmitri Ragano (@DmitriRagano on Wattpad) writes thrillers about unlikely heroes. His most recent novel is the family adventure The Fugitive Grandma. He is also the author of the Temo McCarthy mystery series including the books Employee of the Year and The Voting Machine. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Ragano lived in San Francisco and Tokyo before settling in his current home in Southern California. His varied career includes experience a journalist, a Japanese-English translator and an Internet entrepreneur. His Imagines episode was inspired by a stint as an entertainment writer, when he interviewed actor Ben Affleck and historian Howard Zinn. You can contact him at DmitriRagano.com or on Twitter as @DmitriRagano.

Michelle Jo Quinn’s (@MichelleJoQuinn on Wattpad) love for writing blossomed when her father gave her a diary, but instead of recounting her daily life, she wrote stories of fictional people. Like most of her characters, she believes in Happily Ever After. Naturally, she finds harmony in writing romance. She enjoys creating stories that make readers laugh, cry and fall in love. Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest as @MichelleJoQuinn, on Facebook as @MichelleJoQuinnAuthor, or visit MichelleJoQuinn.com.