Emma Maione is a Type A who hordes swords, crosses animals, and is barred from playing The Lord of the Rings trivial pursuit with her family. A voracious creative, she is a writer, editor, makeup artist, as well as a dabbler in half-a-dozen other crafts. Fantasy, sci-fi, and history are her genres of choice—she’s even managed to turn the latter into her profession, and currently works in a museum.
Emma loves to read, watch television, play videogames (Stardew Valley, Valheim and Pokemon Legends: Arceus are heavily in rotation these days), and is even known to kick a ball around on the soccer field. Her goals for the year include travelling and getting more tattoos, as well as finally reaching level 41 in Pokemon Go. Emma’s favourite things in the world are her two cats, Arthur and Pippin, closely followed by coffee and old castles.
Allison Alexander is a freelance book editor, writer, and artist. She has a BA in English, a certificate in Publishing, and ten years of experience working with authors. After being employed at a newspaper, a magazine, and a small press, her love of stories led her to start her own businesss.
Allison edits fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and mystery novels for middle grade and up, and her superpowers are untangling plot threads, strengthening character arcs, and deepening worldbuilding. As a chronically ill, queer woman, she cheers on diversity and representation of marginalized identities in all fiction, and she works with conscious language and inclusivity in mind. In her free time, she binge-watches Stargate with her supportive partner, reads, paints, crochets, and plays video games.
Allison is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, an editor for Revise & Resub (#RevPit), and a co-host of The Worldbuilder’s Tavern podcast. She also shares insights about writing, querying, and publishing genre fiction in her newsletter, Editor’s Alchemy.
Christiana Jones is a lifelong nerd. They have a diploma in photography, a diploma in creative communications, a bachelor's in rhetoric, writing, and communications, and are completing a master's in professional communications. It's safe to say that they like to communicate! Their masters research focuses on using TikTok to engage Canadian youth. They are a Swiss-army knife of communications—be it visual, audio, or written, they have dedicated their career to meaningful storytelling.
Christiana has spent over a decade-long career working in government, non-profits, and publishing. They are passionate about helping people tell their stories in impactful ways. They are also passionate about consuming stories. They love to read, play video games, and watch movies in their spare time. They write professionally every day, but in their free time, they write poetry. They also like to spend time with their loving spouse and two rather round cats, Xeno and Persaeus.