Emerson (Chip) Blake has served as editor-in-chief of Orion since 2005. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of Milkweed Editions. Work he edited has been nominated for or won the Pushcart Prize, the PEN Literary Award, the John Oakes Award, and the John Burroughs Medal.

Cheston Knapp works for Tin House.

Patrick Thomas is managing director at Milkweed Editions. He acquires and edits books for the nonfiction list, manages marketing and promotion, while also managing a range of organizational operations, including tasks in finance, inventory, and distribution.

Carolyn Kuebler is the editor of New England Review. Before coming to NER as managing editor in 2004, she was an editor at Library Journal and founding editor of Rain Taxi. She has published work in various magazines, and has an essay forthcoming in the Little Magazine: A Contemporary Guide.

Jordan Bass is the executive editor of McSweeney's Publishing, where he has helped to edit and design dozens of books, both fiction and nonfiction, since 2004.