Naina and Ellie met while applying for writing mentorship programs. Though they got into different programs (Naina is a RevPit Winner and Ellie is an Author Mentor Match Alum), their friendship was forever! They queried together, went on submission together, debuted together, and, now, they’re looking to mentor together!

Naina Kumar is the bestselling author of Say You’ll Be Mine. A lawyer by day and a reader and writer of romance at night, she lives in Texas, close to her family whose antics provide endless inspiration. When she’s not writing, she enjoys taking her rowdy rescue dog on walks, rewatching Gilmore Girls on a loop, and shopping at HEB. She is represented by Johanna Castillo at Writers House.

Ellie Palmer is the author of Four Weekends and a Funeral, a carrier of the BRCA1 mutation, and a prototypical Midwesterner who routinely apologizes to inanimate objects when she bumps into them. When she’s not writing romantic comedies featuring delightfully messy characters, Ellie’s at home in Minnesota, eating breakfast food, watching too much reality television, and triple texting her husband about their son. Ellie is represented by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.