Mitali Perkins (@mitaliperkins) is the author of several novels, including the newly published BAMBOO PEOPLE (Charlesbridge), SECRET KEEPER (Delacorte) and RICKSHAW GIRL (Charlesbridge). She loves all things social media and blogs about books between cultures at mitaliblog.com.

Anindita Basu Sempere (@anindita) is a writer, educator, book addict, and geek. For the past two years, she co-directed the NESCBWI annual conference. She's a proud alum of the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is currently working on her first novel. You can find her online at anindita.org, arialas.livejournal.com, and writertechnologies.blogspot.com

Deborah Sloan (@dsloanandco) centers her professional life on connecting books and authors with their readers through her marketing and promotion firm Deborah Sloan and Company, her Picnic Basket blog for teachers and librarians, and the KidsBuzz, a program that lets authors speak directly to their readers via notes distributed in high-profile e-newsletters.  www.deborahsloanandcompany.com; www.authorbuzz.com/kids; www.thepicnic-basket.com