Hope Edelman is the author or editor of seven nonfiction books, including the bestseller Motherless Daughters and the new creative nonfiction anthology, I'll Tell You Mine. She teaches at Antioch University-LA and in the Iowa Summer Writing Festival every July.

George Yatchisin is the communications coordinator at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UC Santa Barbara. He is the coauthor of Writing for the Visual Arts and his poetry, prose, and journalism has appeared in publications such as Askew, Antioch Review, Clash by Night, and I'll Tell You Mine.

Marilyn Abildskov is the author of The Men in My Country. Recent essays and short stories have appeared in the Pinch, the Sun, AGNI, Southern Humanities Review, and the Laurel Review. She teaches creative nonfiction in the MFA program at Saint Mary's College of California.

Tom Montgomery Fate is the author of five books of nonfiction, including Beyond the White Noise, Steady and Trembling, and Cabin Fever. His essays have appeared in the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Orion, Iowa Review, and others. He teaches creative writing at College of DuPage in Chicago.

Ryan Van Meter's essay collection is If You Knew Then What I Know Now. His work has also appeared in journals and anthologies, including Best American Essays. A recent finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, he teaches at the University of San Francisco.