We’re Emily Cox and Nicole Allen, authors of the YA crossover series THE OTHER SIDE OF TOGETHER. What we lack in useful knowledge, we make up for with abundant ideas and a vibrant community of imaginary people. We’ve been co-writing “Clean Steam” YA crossover novels for over a decade and have been picked up, dropped, hopeful, and discouraged, but always fearlessly, ferociously imagining and writing. Check out our books if you love to feel what you read.
Emily Cox is a fast-walking, cloud-watching, big-thinking, alien-believing, superior-hearing, mostly-titanium-faced, and rhyming maiden and married name (Box-Cox). She lives in Utah, in a house full of boys and two fluffy writing assistants. She had a tough time choosing only one dream job, so she has three: school counselor, therapist, and author. She loves to plan all manner of trips, then take them, read multiple books at a time, and explore new places, cultures, and ideas. The inside of her head is the craziest place she’s ever been.
Nicole Allen is a crime podcast junkie, travel enthusiast, and Diet Coke addict who not-so-secretly hopes heaven looks exactly like Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A. She fills her head with and likes to share useless, random facts and news headlines, has crazy-vivid dreams almost nightly, believes in karma, but is skeptical about dinosaurs (sorry paleontologists). When she’s not writing novels, she loves acting in and watching live theater, is president of a local theater company and runs a youth theater group. She resides in Utah with her supportive rockstar husband (and webmaster), three amazing kids, and two adorable cats.