Ingrid Rojas Contreras is the author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree, a Barnes & Noble Summer 2018 Discover Great New Writers selection. She is the book columnist for KQED, the Bay Area's NPR affiliate.

Crystal Hana Kim is the author of debut novel If You Leave Me. A 2017 PEN America/Dau Short Story Prize winner, she has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Jentel, and more. She is a contributing editor at Apogee Journal.

Lillian Li is the author of the novel Number One Chinese Restaurant. Her work has been published in Guernica, Granta, Glimmer Train, and Jezebel. Originally from the D.C. metro area, she lives in Ann Arbor.

Lucy Tan is the author of the novel What We Were Promised. She is a Kundiman Fellow, a Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellow, a University of Wisconsin–Madison MFA graduate, and winner of the 2015 Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest.

Lydia Kiesling is the author of a novel The Golden State and the editor of The Millions.