Gamer Girls: Retro Rhythms

About Andrea TowersBriana Lawrence

Andrea Towers is a writer based in New York who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade and lived in geek spaces for a lifetime. Her book and comic work includes Geek Girls Don't Cry: Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters Trolls: Comictivity and Octobriana With Love. Her writing on pop culture has appeared in outlets such as Entertainment Weekly Marvel and Nerdist Bustle IGN Variety Mashable The Wrap Uproxx and more.Briana Lawrence has wanted to be a WRITTER since she was nine years old. Her fourth grade class laughed and wondered how one hoped to become a writer if they couldnt even spell the word. Briana graduated from Iowa State University in 2006 and moved to Minneapolis with her partner. Today she is the Senior Features Editor at Crunchyroll. She is also the author of In Search of Superpowers: A Fantasy Pin World Adventure her debut middle grade book and book series; The Essential Guide to Manga (Scholastic 2024) ;and the self-published magical girl series magnifiqueNOIR. Briana lives in St. Paul Minnesota and enjoys all things nerdy like anime video games cosplay and reading too much manga.Alexis Jauregui is a Peruvian-Chinese illustrator/story artist from Southern California. She has worked at places such as DreamWorks and Cartoon Network. When she isn't drawing or playing Animal Crossing or Pokémon she is traveling around trying new foods sipping her favorite boba as well as listening to podcasts about fairy tales and spooky stories.