Ann Angel's publications include books, essays, and short stories, including the critically acclaimed biography, Janis Joplin Rise Up Singing and Such a Pretty Face, Short Stories About Beauty. She serves as the English Graduate Program Director at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, WIsconsin. 

Zu Vincent is author of the award-winning novel The Lucky Place, the biography of Catherine the Great, and numerous short stories, essays, and nonfiction works for such publications as ALAN Review, Harper’s, and Yoga Journal. She writes for both children and adults.

J.L. Powers is the author of several young adult novels, including The Confessional, This Thing Called the Future, and Amina (forthcoming in 2013). She is also the editor of the anthologies That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone and Labor Pains and Birth Stories. She blogs at www.jlpowers.net.

Lyn Miller-Lachmann is the author of the young adult novels Gringolandia and Rogue. She has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. The former editor of MultiCultural Review, she currently reviews books on social justice themes for The Pirate Tree and blogs at www.lynmillerlachmann.com.