Author & Founder
Mel Torrefranca is a full-time author and founder of Lost Island Press. Her books feature morally gray characters, bold endings, and a pinch of…
Content Creator
Theo Augustine is our in-house content creator at Lost Island Press, responsible for planning, shooting, and producing short-form content for our…
Cover Designer
Aleksandra Mandic founded MAD Book Covers, a graphic design studio specializing in book cover design focusing on self-publishing. Over the past 10…
Illustrator
Ratra Adya Airawan, also known as Aira Rumi, is an illustrator from Indonesia. He learned to draw during his time in high school and decided to hire…
2021 Writing Contest Winner
Julia Rosemary Turk is the author of the Lone Player series. Born and raised in Northern California’s wine country, Julia currently lives with her…
Illustrator
Gonzalo Mansilla, born in Uruguay, has been an illustrator and graphic designer for more than 10 years. Dedicated to illustration design and…
Cover Designer
Ivan Cakic has over 20 years of illustrating experience. He created Cakamura Designs in 2015 for his logo and book cover creation services. Since…
Illustrator
Natalia Orshulevich, also known as Nat, is an illustrator based in Moscow, Russia. As an optimist who seeks the positive amidst chaos, she delights…
Author / Translator
Ruby Coene has her own practice in Utrecht, where she works as a child and adolescent therapist. In addition to her work, she loves reading,…
Author / Translator
Sowon Kim is the author of A Gleaming Shard of Glass (traditionally published in Spanish as Destellos de Cristal) and Deceitful Hope, which were both…
2026 Design Intern
Kathryn Arbegast is currently pursuing a BFA in Illustration and an immersion in Creative Writing at RIT. She plans to work as an illustrator and…
2026 Marketing Intern
Abigail Pacheco is a graduate of Western University with a B.A. in Media and Communications. When not creating social media content, you can usually…
2025 Editorial Intern
Adelynn Wijaya is a college student from the University of Iowa, studying English and Creative Writing. She hopes to work in the publishing industry…
2021 Writing Contest Winner
Amanda Michelle Brown is a blogger, author, podcaster, and graphic designer who loves nothing more than a BBC drama and an oat milk latte. Amanda…
2025 Editorial Intern
Aidan Hill recently graduated from BYU with a BA in editing and publishing. He is a part-time editor, writer, and poet. When he’s not at work, his…
Audiobook Narrator
Based in Metro Manila, Ellie Chua is a voice-over artist for APAC brands, occasional voice actress, and full-time marketing agency wench. When she’s…
2025 Writing Contest Winner
Fiona Holland is an author and creative writing student from a small town in Ontario, Canada. She considers writing to be her entire world, with the…
Author / Translator
Jen Minkman writes YA paranormal romance and dystopian fiction. Her novels have sold thousands of copies in English, Spanish, and Dutch. She won 2nd…
2025 Editorial Intern
Eesha Prakruthi “Nyx” Kavattur is a college student from Texas. A storyteller from the moment she could form words, Nyx has plans of becoming a…
2025 Writing Contest Winner
Kimberly Co is an author and poet from the Philippines. Her dystopian short story It’s Only Up From Here, won third place in the Philippine Young…
Author
Laurel Glyn O’Brien is a writer, artist, and student from Texas. She discovered her love for writing when she had way too many free hours during the…
Copy Editor
Maria Grazia Huapaya is a Peruvian high schooler and an aspiring translator and interpreter. She discovered her passion for languages two years ago…
2025 Editorial Intern
Olivia Emerick is a college student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pursuing her B.A. in English Literature and Communication Arts. After school, she…
2025 Marketing Intern
Ariana is a current student at the University of Notre Dame, studying biology. When not researching frog diseases in a lab, she’s busy writing…
2020 Writing Contest Winner
Shira Behore is a young adult mystery and fantasy author from Central Florida. She first began stitching together worlds and characters at the age of…
Cover Designer
Stefanie Saw is an award-winning and best-selling cover design artist for publishers and independent authors. Her clients include music producers,…
Proofreader
Zoe Anastasia loves to write, travel, and learn the history of cultures and time periods long ago. She finds inspiration in music, which has inspired…
2025 Marketing Intern
Em Colton is a writer, born and raised Californian, and a student at the Author Conservatory, with plans to work in publishing and marketing. You can…
2025 Marketing Intern
Lara Toffanello is an English Literature with Creative Writing student at the University of Reading who spends most of her time reviewing books for…
Cover Designer / Illustrator
Arif Rahman from Indonesia has been a professional illustrator since 2019, specializing in creating book covers and retro-style posters. Working with…
2024 Editorial Intern
Growing up on Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and Margaret Peterson Haddix’s The Missing series, then later deep-diving into Ernest Cline and Andy Weir,…
2024 Editorial Intern
Rochelle Fajgenbaum Harlev is a Jewish Panamanian student pursuing a Bachelor’s in English at Florida International University. She dreams of…
2022 Marketing Intern
Celeste Lau is a student from Hong Kong currently pursuing a BA Communication and Media from the University of Leeds. In her free time, she enjoys…
Composer & Producer
Min Thu Aung, known as Lu_nii, is an audio engineer and music producer from Burma, now based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He specializes in song…
Typesetter
Michelle Argyle has been designing for 20 years. She originally created Melissa Williams Design for a small publisher back in 2010. Since then, she…
Communications Manager
Oliver Halloway manages customer and author communications, coordinates reader campaigns, and does his best to make space in everyone else’s…
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