Alejandro Nodarse holds an MFA from the University of Miami. An alum and former staff member of the VONA Writers Conference, he was recently the Fiction Artist in Residence at The Deering Estate in Miami. A former independent bookseller, he now teaches creative writing at the University of Nebraska.

Achy Obejas is the author of The Tower of the Antilles, as well as the critically acclaimed Ruins, Days of Awe, and Memory Mambo. She has translated Junot Díaz, Wendy Guerra, Rita Indiana, and others.

Chantel Acevedo's novels include The Distant Marvels, a Booklist Editors' Choice pick, A Falling Star, and Love and Ghost Letters. Her most recent novel is The Living Infinite. She is an associate professor and teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Miami.

H.G. Carrillo is the author of Loosing My Espanish, a novel. His short stories have appeared in several journals. A former professor at the George Washington University, Carrillo is board chairman of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.