John Bennion has led writing students into the outdoors for twenty-five years. He has led eight study abroad programs in Europe and five field study programs in Utah. He has taught Wilderness Writing, an outdoor writing class, for two decades. He also writes essays and fiction about the West.

Richard Katrovas is the author of fourteen books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, most recently Raising Girls in Bohemia: Meditations of an American Father and Swastika to Lotus. Katrovas is the founding director of the Prague Summer Program.

Gail Wronsky is the author of eleven books of poetry, prose, and translations, including Dying for Beauty, Poems for Infidels, So Quick Bright Things, Volando Bajito, and Tomorrow You'll Be One of Us. She teaches poetry and women's literature at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.

Eric Freeze teaches at Wabash College. He has published fiction and essays in periodicals including the Southern Review, Harvard Review, and Boston Review. He is author of Dominant Traits (stories), Hemingway on a Bike (essays), and Invisible Men (stories). 

Stephen Tuttle is associate professor of English at Brigham Young University. His fiction has appeared in numerous national literary journals.