Robert McGill has published two novels, The Mysteries and Once We Had a Country, and a nonfiction book, The Treacherous Imagination: Intimacy, Ethics, and Autobiographical Fiction. He is an associate professor at the University of Toronto, where he teaches creative writing and Canadian literature.

Carolyn Smart has published seven books including Careen, Hooked, and The Way to Come Home. She is the founder of the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, is poetry editor for McGill-Queen's Press, and since 1989 has taught creative writing at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

Noor Naga is an MA student in the University of Toronto's creative writing program. Her fiction explores themes of identity within Muslim/POC communities, and her research interests include postcolonial and diasporic literature. She also facilitates creative writing workshops for writers of color.

Siobhan Phillips writes poems and essays. She teaches at Dickinson College.