Romantasy Panel: An Evening With Axie Oh, D.L. Taylor, and Mary E. Pearson

Axie Oh is the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, the Floating World duology, XOXO and ASAP, and the Rebel Seoul series. Born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, she studied Korean history and creative writing as an undergrad at the University of California San Diego and holds an MFA in Writing for Young People from Lesley University. Her passions include K-pop, anime, stationery supplies, and milk tea, and she currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, with her dogs, Toro and Leila.

D.L. Taylor is an attorney by trade. She’s worked in criminal defense and civil non-profit law, but writing has always had a special hold on her heart. Though she hails from the sunny lands of California, she married a Midwestern boy and ended up settling down outside Chicago. She has three kids, two cats, and minimal sanity, but in the quiet hours before dawn she likes to write about magic, mischief, and moral quandaries. The Beasts We Bury is her YA debut.

Mary E. Pearson is the author of many novels for teens, including Dance of Thieves, Vow of Thieves, the New York Times–bestselling Remnant Chronicles—The Kiss of Deception, The Heart of Betrayal, and The Beauty of Darkness—and the acclaimed Jenna Fox Chronicles. She writes full-time from her home in Carlsbad, California.

Aurora Dominguez is a high school and university educator, currently teaching Journalism, Newspaper and Creative Writing at Boca Raton High School. She is also a professor in charge of teaching Mass Communications and Journalism classes online at University of Florida and Florida Atlantic University, and also currently teaches Storytelling and Pop Culture. Dominguez has been an editor and writer for publications such as The Miami Herald, Where Magazine and J-14 Magazine. In 2015, she went from the newsroom to the classroom and still freelances for a variety of publications, covering books, literature, as well as travel and dining features. She won Teacher of the Year for 2022 at Boca Raton High School, was chosen as one of 50 teachers in the United States to be honored by Walt Disney World during their 50th Anniversary Teacher Celebration and completed her summer studies at Oxford in England on a full scholarship. She graduated that summer with a certificate in English Literature with a concentration on Shakespeare and Politics and the works of Jane Austen. Dominguez lives with her husband Sebastian and cat Luna in Hollywood, Florida.

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