Attending Authors

Victoria Jayne is the epitome of a Jersey Girl. She doesn’t [know how to] pump her own gas, enjoys pork roll, and grew up on the Jersey Shore. She’s lived throughout the state of New Jersey and remains there with her journalist husband and two darling daughters. When not writing, Victoria enjoys baking with her daughters, rooting for the New Jersey Devils, thinking of home improvement projects, and staying up far too late doom scrolling.

Under twin moons and looming war, Debra Nicole Vaughn crafts dark, emotionally intense romances where power shifts, bonds snap into place, and love refuses to die quietly. Her books—Salt & Silence, Shadowbitten, and Chosen—explore obsession, sacrifice, sisterhood, and the dangerous cost of becoming a queen. Creator of the sprawling CamMeridian universe, Debra writes heroines who bleed, fight, and rise stronger than before.

JD Marcella has been writing since she was a teenager, scribbling half-formed worlds into notebooks instead of doing anything remotely practical. After the loss of her father, she realized it was time to stop hiding her stories in drawers and start bringing them to life—both for him, and for herself. She lives with her infinitely patient husband and stepson, a miniature version of herself in her daughter, and a brain that runs on a unique blend of caffeine, hyperfocus, and ADHD-fueled chaos. When she’s not writing emotionally complex characters or orchestrating tangled plotlines, she’s likely annoying a very small but devoted circle of friends who’ve endured countless rants about lore mechanics, emotional beats, and the color of a character’s shirt in chapter seventeen—with alarming grace. The Queen of Light and Shadows is her debut epic fantasy series.