Ty Chapman is the author of
Sarah Rising (Beaming 2022);
Looking for Happy (Beaming 2023);
A Door Made for Me, written with Tyler Merritt (WorthyKids 2022);
Tartarus (Button Poetry 2024); and multiple forthcoming children's books through various publishers. Chapman was a finalist for Tin House's 2022 Fall Residency, Button Poetry's 2022 Chapbook Contest, and Frontier Magazine's
New Voices contest. Chapman's accomplishments also include being named a Loft Literary Center Mirrors and Windows fellow and a Mentor Series fellow, and attending Vermont College of Fine Arts in pursuit of his master's degree in creative writing for children and young adults.
DeAnn Wiley is a Detroit-based artist who has been painting traditionally for over five years. She recently broke into the digital art world and shares her artwork with a large online audience. She is an advocate for social justice and is dedicated to making art that is authentic and intentional in empowering Black, queer, fat, and disabled people.