Thea Engst, Author: Thea is an award-winning author, copywriter, poet, and bartender. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, VinePair, The Boston Globe, Boston.com, Eater, and The Lowell Sun. She loves going out with her friends and cozying up with a scary movie and her cat Nox.


Jordan Alsaqa, Author: Jordan Alsaqa is a writer based in Seattle, WA. Jordan graduated with a degree in Creative Writing from N.C. State University and has done numerous self-published and work-for-hire comic projects in the years since. His debut Original Graphic Novel Cooking with Monsters, co-created with artist Vivian Truong, is due for publication in the fall of 2023 from IDW.