Suzanne Berne is the author of a memoir, Missing Lucile, and three novels: The Ghost at the Table, A Perfect Arrangement, and A Crime in the Neighborhood, winner of the 1999 Orange Prize. She teaches creative writing at Boston College and at the Ranier Writing Workshop.

Ann Pancake is author of the novel Strange As This Weather Has Been and the story collection Given Ground. Her awards include a Whiting Award, an NEA grant, and a Bakeless Prize, and her work has appeared in Orion, among other journals. She teaches at Pacific Lutheran University.

Melanie Rae Thon's most recent books are the novel The Voice of the River and In This Light: New and Selected Stories. She teaches in the Creative Writing and Environmental Humanities programs at the University of Utah.

Kent Meyers