William O'Rourke is professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of its graduate creative writing program. He is the author of four novels and five works of nonfiction, and the editor of two anthologies. His most recent book is Confessions of a Guilty Freelancer.

Valerie Sayers is author of six novels including her most recent, The Powers, and many stories, essays, and reviews. She is professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.

David Matlin is a novelist, essayist, and poet. He taught in an experimental higher education prison program for ten years. Author of a book about the crisis of prisons in America, he writes novels, collections of poetry, reviews, a book about the years 2004/2005, and the impact of the Iraq invasion.