Jenn Stroud Rossmann is the author of the novel The Place You're Supposed to Laugh. She writes the essay series "An engineer reads a novel" for Public Books, and is a professor of mechanical engineering at Lafayette College.

Bridget Hoida is an award-winning writer and educator. She is the author of the novel So L.A. and currently teaches writing and English Literature at Saddleback College.

Robin Farmer has written for the Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, among other publications. Her fiction focuses on girls advocating for social justice. A recipient of residencies at Djerassi and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, she is writing a young adult novel.

Teresa Burns Gunther's fiction and nonfiction are published in numerous journals and anthologies, and recognized in many literary contests. Her story collection Hold Off the Night was a semi-finalist for the Iowa Fiction Award. She is the founder of Lakeshore Writers Workshop in Oakland, CA.

Nami Mun is the author of Miles from Nowhere and winner of a Whiting Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Chicago Public Library’s 21st Century Award. Her work can be seen in The New York Times, Granta, Tin House, and Tales of Two Americas. A former professor, she teaches at The Writers Room in Chicago.