Greer Hendricks spent two decades at Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, as Vice President, Senior Editor. In her tenure with Simon & Schuster she signed and edited dozens of the most recognizable names in women’s fiction and nonfiction, including Jennifer Weiner, Marlo Thomas, Jessica Seinfeld, Lauren Weisberger, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. Prior to Simon & Schuster, Greer worked for Allure magazine and earned her Masters in Journalism from Columbia University. Her writing has been published in The New York Times and Publishers Weekly.

/ Sarah Pekkanen is the internationally-bestselling author of six novels (Atria Books), all of which have been People magazine picks. Her books have earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, and have been selected as Hoda Kotb’s """"favorite thing"""" on-air on the “Today Show.” A former investigative journalist and newspaper features writer for The Washington Post, Sarah’s writing has appeared in publications ranging from USA Today to Publisher’s Weekly. She is active on social media, where she has 15,000 combined followers on Facebook and Twitter. She is the recipient of a Dateline award for magazine feature writing and the Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship.