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Our Mentors

Kay L. McCray
Kay L. McCray is not mentoring this year, but has mentored Young Adult
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Kay L. McCray
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Kay McCray writes across all genres of YA literature. Raised on a mix of the fantastical and the otherworldly, she just can’t help embedding an element of the extraordinary into everything she writes—even contemporary. She resides in the American Midwest, is a part-time copywriter, full-time Ravenclaw, & a Pitch Wars 2017 alumni who does believe in fairies!

Favorite Books

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenster
Shades of Magic Trilogy by V. E. Schwab

Years Mentored
2018