Anna Ling Kaye’s fiction has been published internationally, and her journalism in publications such as the New York Times. A board member of Project Bookmark and founder of Hapa-palooza Festival, Anna reads and writes in Vancouver BC, where she is editor of Ricepaper magazine.

Ed Lin is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. 

Doretta Lau is an editor at a contemporary visual culture museum. Her debut short story collection, How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?, was named by the Atlantic as one of the best books of 2014. She works in Hong Kong.

Chiwan Choi is the author of two traditional books—The Flood and Abductions. In 2015, he will have written, presented, and destroyed a new book, Ghostmaker. Chiwan is also founding partner of Writ Large Press, an indie publisher that uses books and publishing to resist, disrupt, and transgress.

Paolo Javier is the former Queens Poet Laureate (2010–2014), and author of four books of poetry, including Court of the Dragon and the time at the end of this writing, which received a Small Press Traffic Book Award. He edits 2nd Ave Poetry.