Fantastical Dystopias and Epic Battles: Action-Packed YA Fantasy

(Banks, Anna) Anna Banks is the author of Nemesis, the stand-alone novel Joyride, as well as the New York Times-bestselling Syrena Legacy (Of Poseidon, Of Triton, Of Neptune). Ally (Nemesis) (Feiwel & Friends), Banks’s thrilling YA-fantasy sequel to Nemesis, Princess Sepora of Serubel and King Tarik of Theoria have formed an uneasy truce between their kingdoms since the deadly plague began to rip through Theoria. But when traitors with powerful allies arise from unexpected places, Tarik and Sepora face challenges that will change both of their kingdoms forever.

(Dominguez, Aurora) Aurora Dominguez is a high school English teacher, college professor, journalist, and blogger for Owl Always Be Reading and Dirty and Thirty. Dominguez was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where her passion for writing, reading and YA books was evident from days when she would devour R. L. Stine, Francine Pascal and Ann M. Martin books. Dominguez holds a master's degree in Mass Communications and Journalism from FIU (Florida International University) and has worked at the Miami Herald, Where Magazine and as a Senior Web Editor for J-14 Magazine.

(Lackey, Mercedes) Mercedes Lackey is the #1 New York Times best-selling American fantasy author behind the Heralds of Valdemar series, the Elemental Masters series, the 500 Kingdoms series, and many more. She has published over one hundred novels in under twenty-five years. In Mercedes Lackey's fantasy adventure, Apex (Hunter), the Elite Hunter Command's Joy must wage a different kind of war. In the thrilling finale to the #1 New York Times bestselling trilogy, Joy must risk everything to end a brutal war before she loses all she's ever loved.  

(Buckley, Michael) Sometime after college, Michael Buckley moved to New York City to start an internship with the Late Show with David Letterman, then moved into a television production job where he worked on documentaries. Buckley also worked as a stand-up comic as well as a TV copywriter before he started to write what he thought would be a television series—until his wife suggested he turn the stories into books. With the publication of The Fairy Tale Detectives, best-selling The Sisters Grimm series, authored by Buckley and illustrated by Peter Ferguson, have delighted fans of children's fantasy. The series, featuring two orphaned sisters, Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, celebrates ten years with the republication of several of its most popular titles.