ALEX BROWN is a queer biracial Filipino American writer who was the showrunner’s assistant on the final season of SUPERNATURAL and the RESIDENT EVIL TV adaptation for Netflix. Alex was one of the inaugural recipients of the SCBWI On-The-Verge Emerging Voices award, was a Tin House Scholar for their YA Winter ’21 Workshop, and a finalist for the 2021 Walter Grant. She is also the co-creator of the narrative podcast, The Bridge, which has well over a million downloads. DAMNED IF YOU DO is her debut.

GINA CHEN tells stories about fantastic worlds featuring heroines, antiheroines, and the kind of cleverness that brings trouble in its wake. A self-taught artist with a degree in computer science, she generates creative nonsense in all forms of media and always has a project stewing. VIOLET MADE OF THORNS is her debut fantasy novel. For more info, visit actualgina.com and follow @actualgina on Twitter and Instagram.

Alex Brown discussing DAMNED IF YOU DO with Gina Chen