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DARIANNE SCHRAMM grew up in Gainesville, Florida, listening to the sounds of the woods and the music of Tom Petty. When she’s not writing stories about grief, love, and characters who are slightly nihilistic, you can find her eating the darkest possible chocolate and playing overly aggressive games of Scrabble. She is currently getting her PhD in New Zealand, where she lives with her husband, daughter, and goldendoodle. 72 Hours of You is her debut novel.

Gill Sims is the author of the hugely successful parenting blog and Facebook site ‘Peter and Jane’. Her first book Why Mummy Drinks was the bestselling hardback fiction debut of 2017, spending over six months in the top ten of the Sunday Times bestsellers chart, and was shortlisted for Debut Novel of the Year in the British Book Awards. Her globally bestselling Why Mummy … series has now sold over a million copies. This is her first YA book.

New York Times and internationally bestselling author Meagan Spooner is the author of the fairy tale retellings Hunted and Sherwood, as well as the Skylark trilogy. Her award-winning work is in development for the big screen. She currently writes full time, and occasionally lectures on creative writing. Meg grew up reading and writing every spare moment of the day, while dreaming about life as an archaeologist, a marine biologist, or an astronaut, and has travelled to all seven continents in pursuit of adventure. She currently lives in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina.

With Amie Kaufman, Spooner has co-written the New York Times bestselling Starbound trilogy, the Unearthed duology, and the Other Side of the Sky duology.