Suzanne Rigdon manages the annual Fall for the Book festival in Fairfax, Virginia, where she also teaches undergraduate literature and digital creative writing. She is the author of the novel Into the Night.

Kara Oakleaf directs the Fall for the Book festival and teaches English at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Wigleaf, SmokeLong Quarterly, Monkeybicycle, Jellyfish Review, Nimrod, Stirring, Tahoma Literary Review, and others.

Kurt Zwolfer is the executive director of the Cabin Center for Readers and Writers in Boise, Idaho. He has over eighteen years of experience creating and administering public education programs including previous work at Idaho State Parks and the Idaho State Historical Museum.

Chantal Strobel is the Communications and Development Director for the Deschutes Public Library and has organized literary events for twenty-five years. Prior to working at the Deschutes Public Library, she served as an account executive at Hill & Knowlton and an assistant editor at San Diego Magazine.