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Elizabeth Hopkinson is the author of 'Asexual Fairy Tales' and 'Asexual Myths & Tales'. She was featured in the BBC's We Are Bradford project, and was on Stonewall's first ace/aro panel.Her short stories have appeared in 'The Forgotten & the Fantastical' and 'Dancing with Mr Darcy', along with many other anthologies and magazines. Her story 'A Short History of the Dream Library' won the James White Award.Elizabeth has appeared at Leeds LGBT+ Literature Festival, Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe and Swanwick Writers' Summer School. She lives in Bradford with her husband, daughter and cat.Elizabeth is a romantic asexual and is committed to asexual representation in fiction.Find out more about Elizabeth at: elizabethhopkinson.uk

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent turned to writing contemporary romance after deciding that life is too short not to have fun. She writes romantic comedy with an edge and New Adult books that push contemporary boundaries. From billionaires to BBWs to rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every book she writes, but, unlike Trevor from Random Acts of Crazy, she has never kissed a chicken.

Peng Shepherd was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and has lived in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, London, New York, and Mexico City.

She is the nationally bestselling, award-winning author of All This and More, The Cartographers, and The Book of M. Her novels have been acclaimed as a “Best Book of the Year” by the Washington Post, a “Best Book of the Summer” by the Today Show and NPR, and featured in the New York Times, the LA Times, The Atlantic, and on Good Morning America, as well as a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Her work also has been translated into more than ten languages, and optioned for TV and film.

USCHI GATWARD was born in Mile End, London. She has had stories published by Comma Press, Salt (Best British Short Stories), The Dublin Review, gorse, Southword, and Wasafiri. In 2016, she was shortlisted for The White Review Short Story Prize. English Magic is her debut collection.