NATALIE C. PARKER is the author and editor of several books for young    adults, among them the acclaimed Seafire trilogy. Her work has been included on the NPR Best Books list, the Indie Next List, the TAYSHAS Reading List, and Junior Library Guild selections. Natalie grew up in a Navy family, finding home in coastal cities from Virginia to Japan. Now she lives with her wife on the Kansas prairie. Find her at nataliecparker.com.

DHONIELLE CLAYTON spent most of her childhood under her grandmother's table with a stack of books. She hails from the Washington, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side. She is the NEW YORK TIMES-bestselling author of The Belles series, SHATTERED MIDNIGHT, co-author of BLACKOUT, and the co-author of THE RUMOR GAME and the Tiny Pretty Things duology, a Netflix original series. She taught secondary school for several years, and is a former elementary and middle school librarian. She is COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, and President of Cake Creative, an IP story kitchen dedicated to diverse books for all ages. She’s an avid traveler, and always on the hunt for magic and mischief. Her new book, The Marvellers, is her middle-grade fantasy debut.

ZORAIDA CÓRDOVA is the acclaimed author of more than two dozen novels and short stories, including the Brooklyn Brujas series, STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC: CONVERGENCE, and THE INHERITANCE OF ORQUÍDEA DIVINA. In addition to writing novels, she serves on the board of We Need Diverse Books, and is the co-editor of the bestselling anthology VAMPIRES NEVER GET OLD, as well as the cohost of the writing podcast, Deadline City. She writes romance novels as Zoey Castile. Zoraida was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and calls New York City home. When she’s not working, she’s roaming the world in search of magical stories. For more information, visit her at zoraidacordova.com.

Middle Grade Halloween Panel - Natalie C. Parker, Dhonielle Clayton, and Zoraida Córdova