Meet the Team of Monarchs

Solomon is the editorial assistant to the publisher. He helps manage the behind-the-scenes operations from the very first query to author acquisitions. Solomon is the one to go to for music recommendations and loves to play the guitar. He has a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, loves dystopian novels and has watched The Office too many times to count. We are blessed to have Solomon as an intern! Go Heels! 

Haley Hwang is a screenwriter, author, and editor living in the Chicago area.  With a bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Medill School of  Journalism at Northwestern University, her career has spanned working as a newspaper reporter, medical writer and editor, online real estate editor, and online entertainment editor. For the past four years, she has served as a beta reader, critique partner, proofreader, and line editor for writers of flash fiction, short stories, full-length novels, and screenplays. 

Haley also writes short stories, novels, and short screenplays and feature screenplays of her own. She has a passion for writing diverse characters, preferably in historical settings with some martial arts and concubines thrown in if at all possible. For her novels, she is represented by Amy Giuffrida of The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency,  and her first two novels are out on submission to major publishers.  Haley won first place overall in 2020 in The Writer’s Workout’s  “Writer’s Games,” a five-week international short story writing competition, and her winning stories are featured in the anthologies 72  Hours of Insanity: Anthology of the Games: Volume 8 (August 2020) and 72  Hours of Insanity: Anthology of the Games: Volume 7 (January 2020). Her creative nonfiction has been published in The New York Times and in the anthology Tiny Love Stories (Artisan Press, December 2020). She also served on the writing team for Season 1 of the radio drama series  “Secrets of Harridge House” (KNVC 95.1 FM, Carson City, NV).  When Haley isn’t writing or editing, she likes to drink coffee, eat pastries, and think about her next meal.

Haley's Website: https://www.haleyhwang.com/

Pauline  is a freelance editor who runs her own editorial business at Pauline  Harris Editorial. She’s been  an avid writer since childhood and has six published YA novels and one  NA novel. She spends most of her time writing, editing, and staying up  way past her bedtime to binge watch TV shows with her chubby cat,  Leonard.
She's also an amazing author! We love her books. Check out her website here: https://www.paulineharriseditorial.com/