Adrianne Finlay is the author of two young adult novels, Your One And Only and Cut Off. She received her PhD in literature and creative writing from Binghamton University. She is an associate professor of English at Upper Iowa University and the program director of creative writing.

Joseph Scapellato earned his MFA in fiction at New Mexico State University. He is the author of the novel, The Made-Up Man, and the story collection, Big Lonesome. Joseph is an assistant professor of English at Bucknell University.

Kit Frick is a novelist, poet, and MacDowell Colony fellow. A senior editor at Black Lawrence Press, she holds an MFA from Syracuse University. Kit is the author of the YA novels See All the Stars, All Eyes on Us, and I Killed Zoe Spanos and the poetry collection A Small Rising Up in the Lungs.

Jeremy Schraffenberger is editor of The North American Review and a professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa. He is the author of Saint Joe's Passion and The Waxen Poor. His other work has appeared in Best Creative Nonfiction, Brevity, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere.