Lori Goldstein is the author of the Becoming Jinn Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy series (Becoming Jinn, 2015, Circle of Jinn, 2016, from Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan). With a journalism degree, she’s worked as a writer, content editor, and copyeditor in a full-time and freelance capacity for clients such as IDG and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She serves as a mentor for writers in online contests and workshops such as Pitch Wars and the First Five Pages Workshop as part of Adventures in YA Publishing. Lori is a Cornerstones core editor.

Interests: Young Adult, Upper Middle Grade, women’s fiction, commercial fiction

Linda enjoys helping authors find their clearest, most authentic voice. She has been in the publishing industry for over seven years, with proofreading and editing credits for both major publishers and self-published authors. Linda holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and a Certificate in Editing from Temple University. She is a member of Bookbuilders of Boston and has served as a committee member for the New England Book Show. Linda would love to appear on Jeopardy! again, should the opportunity arise. Linda is a Cornerstones US copyeditor and proofreader.

Interests: adult speculative fiction, diverse voices, academic and literary nonfiction, memoir, essays, thrillers, short stories

Dionne is an American author living in England, who began as a Cornerstones UK editor before managing Cornerstones’s launch into the US. She writes YA, MG and adult fiction, and is represented by Writers House in NYC. She has been a long- and short-list judge for the Bath and Caledonia novel awards since their inception, and a PitchWars mentor since 2014. She previously wrote and edited scripts for TV, and copyedited speeches for President Bill Clinton during his first term. Dionne also currently writes and edits for the Paper Nations project run by Bath Spa University’s English Department. Dionne is a Cornerstones core editor.

Interests: YA and Middle Grade, all adult fiction less Sci-Fi and fantasy