The Heart of a Hero

When not bingeing old Twilight Zone episodes, Marcie Colleen is busy writing children's books. She is the author of numerous titles, among them Love, Triangle, Penguinaut!, The Bear's Garden, and the Super Happy Party Bears chapter book series. She lives in San Diego, California. Visit her at www.thisismarciecolleen.com.

Stephanie Cooke is an award-winning writer and editor based out of Toronto, Canada. She’s an avid reader, gamer, movie watcher, and lover of puns. Oh My Gods! and ParaNorthern are out now. Her next middle-grade series, Racc Pack will be out in Fall 2023. Pillow Talk is her debut YA graphic novel.

Nick Murphy is a filmmaker who cohosts the tabletop role-playing podcast Pretend Friends. He also produces and cohosts a gaming series on YouTube. He's a graduate of the film/digital video program at The University of the Arts. To Save Christmas, a short film he co-directed with his writing and producing partner, Paul Ritchey, won the award for best short at the 2016 First Glance Film Festival. Nick enjoys the 80s, time travel, Star Wars, and being colorblind. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, artist Rebecca Chewning, and their awesome son, Desmond.

Paul Ritchey is a filmmaker and web host living in Philadelphia. He hosts a weekly gaming comedy show. He also performs on Pretend Friends, an actual-play tabletop role-playing radio show. Paul is incredibly fast. So fast, in fact, that he appears to be standing still.