Mica is a freelance developmental editor based near Detroit, Michigan. She started writing stories in kindergarten, opening with a colorful series based on her zoo-animal Duplos (involving, at one point, flying go-carts that ran on … coconuts?). She is also the curator of Free Writing Events, a Twitter account and website, which compiles and promotes free-to-enter online writing events and contests to over 20,000 authors (it’s how she discovered Writers of the Future). She writes YA fantasy long-form and adult science fiction short-form, and her current obsessions are home-brewing, Steven Universe, and board games that start with the letter M. She is also the founder and host of the #Write4Life charity event, which aims to help other writers get edited and agented. She quit her day job to pursue the dream of writing in 2016, and this is her third professional publication. She will be querying her third novel next year. You can find her services and Free Writing Events calendar at micascottikole.com or on Twitter at @Writevent.
Josh Pemberton was born in 1987 in Concord, Massachusetts, and grew up in Seattle, Washington.
From posters of oceans and dinosaurs on his walls as a young child, Josh has held a consistent fascination in the capacity of images to ignite his imagination and has sought to understand and unravel that mystery ever since.
He went on to graduate with a major in studio art at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Then spent three years studying in the drawing and painting atelier program at Gage Academy of Art, and finally went on to receive his MFA in illustration at the Academy of Art University, in San Francisco, California.
Primarily working with traditional materials, themes of the mythic, fantastic, and natural world hold his interest. Josh currently is seeking to establish himself within the illustration world while continuing to work with private clients and commission work. www.joshpemberton.com