Shelbie Witte, PhD, is Chuck and Kim Watson Endowed Chair and professor of adolescent literacy and English education at Oklahoma State University, where she directs the OSU Writing Project and the Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research. She serves as editor (with Sara Kajder) of Voices from the Middle, NCTE's premiere middle-level journal. Witte has published extensively in the area of literacy in a digital age, including Literacy Engagement through Peritextual Analysis (2019) with Don Latham and Melissa Gross.

Melissa Gross, PhD, is professor in the School of Information at Florida State University and past president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). She received her PhD in library and information science from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1998, and the prestigious American Association of University Women Recognition Award for Emerging scholars in 2001. She has published extensively in the areas of information-seeking behavior, information literacy, library program and service evaluation, and information resources for youth. Her titles include Five Steps of Outcome-Based Planning and Evaluation for Public Libraries (2016), coauthored with Cindy Mediavilla and Virgina Walter.

Don Latham, PhD, is professor in the School of Information at Florida State University. He has served as a board member of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), a member of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Research Committee and Research Journal Advisory Committee, and chair of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Committee. He has published extensively in the areas of information literacy, information behavior of youth, and young adult literature. He is author of David Almond: Memory and Magic (2006) and coauthor, with Melissa Gross, of Young Adult Resources Today: Connecting Teens with Books, Music, Games, Movies and More (2014).