Anna Todd (writer/producer/influencer) is the New York Times bestselling author of the After series, the Brightest Stars trilogy, The Spring Girls, and the After graphic novels. The After series has been released in thirty-five languages and has sold over twelve million copies worldwide-becoming a #1 bestseller in several countries. Always an avid reader, Todd began writing stories on her phone through Wattpad, with After becoming the platform's most-read series with over two billion reads. She has served as a producer and screenwriter on the film adaptations of After and After We Collided, producer on the upcoming film Regretting You, and in 2017, she founded the entertainment company Frayed Pages Media to produce innovative and creative work across film, television, and publishing. A native of Ohio, she lives with her family in Los Angeles.
Leigh Ansell (@Leigh_ on Wattpad) is a twenty-year-old student from the United Kingdom who has been posting her fiction online since she was fifteen. In the last five years, she has accumulated almost twenty-five million reads of her ten stories. Though she swears they're all fiction, her most recent Camp Runaway was inspired by a disastrous experience as a camp counselor in Canada this summer. All her work is available to read on Wattpad and she can also be found on Twitter and Instagram as @Leigh_Wattpad.
Rachel Aukes (@RachelAukes on Wattpad) is the author of 100 Days in Deadland, which made Suspense Magazine's Best of 2013 list. Rachel lives near Des Moines with her husband and an incredibly spoiled sixty-pound lap dog. When not writing, she can be found flying old airplanes and planning for the zombie apocalypse. For more information, visit RachelAukes. com or find her on Twitter as @RachelAukes.
Doeneseya Bates (@doeneseya on Wattpad) joined Wattpad in 2013. Since then, she has shared fourteen stories and has over 11 million reads. Her popular Body Rock series emphasizes strong female characters who face real issues. Fueled by raw emotion, Doeneseya started writing on Wattpad to address her feelings and created the successful series in the process. When not writing, she can be found cheering on the Chicago Bulls or connecting with her fans (her riders) on social media. Look for her on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube as @Doeneseya.
Scarlett Drake (@ScarletteDrake on Wattpad) lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her boyfriend and her cat. By day she works for a social housing charity. By night she writes contemporary romantic fiction with erotic flavorings and a bit of a twist, which she releases weekly on Wattpad. She has published multiple stories on Wattpad and has been featured in the New York Times, Cosmo, and Buzzfeed, and last year won a Watty People's Choice Award for her original fiction. She hopes to one day give up the day job and write stories all day everyday in quaint little beach house on the west coast of the USA. You can find her on Twitter as @ScarletteDrake.
Outside of writing, A. Evansley (@NonfictionAlex on Wattpad) enjoys putting on workout clothes and not working out, sleeping during the day, pretending she's a good singer, and beating people in Harry Potter trivia. She currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. Look for her on Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Tumblr as @NonfictionAlex.
Kevin Fanning (@kfxinfinity on Wattpad) is the author of the book Kim Kardashian: Trapped in Her Own Game, and its sequel, Kim Kardashian: #BreakTheGame. He loves Neko Atsume, Kaylor, the Fast & Furious movies, and the crystal ball emoji. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and can be found on Twitter and Tumblr as @kfan and on Instagram as @xokfan.
Ariana Godoy is an internationally bestselling author known for Through My Window, adapted into a Netflix film in 2022, and most recently, Follow My Voice. Her books have sold over a million copies and have been translated into multiple languages. Originally from Venezuela, she now writes in North Carolina, enjoying coffee and her family along with her dogs.
Debra Goelz (@brittaniecharmintine on Wattpad) is a refugee from Hollywood. She served for ten years as a financial executive for such companies as Universal Pictures, Dino de Laurentiis, and Jim Henson Productions. Her performing career began and ended with her puppeteering a chicken during the closing scene in Muppet Treasure Island. Her YA humorous fantasy written under the pseudonym Brittanie Charmintine, Mermaids and the Vampires Who Love Them, won a Watty Award in 2014. She lives in a redwood forest in rural Marin County with her husband and dog. Her two children have abandoned her to seek a college education in New York.
Bella Higgin (@Bella_Higgin on Wattpad) is a British chick obsessed with reading and writing. When she's not off in some fictional world, she can be found rescuing animals and dancing barefoot in the rain. Most days she can be found lurking on Wattpad, Twitter (as @Bella_Higgin), or her website WritersRamblings. com. Her free time is spent hunting down new additions for an ever-increasing collection of TV/film memorabilia.
