Art Edwards is a writer whose book reviews have appeared in Salon, Colorado Review, the Los Angeles Review, the Rumpus, Entropy, the Collagist, Word Riot, JMWW, and the Nervous Breakdown. His novel Badge was a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association's literary contest.

Steph Cha is the author of Follow Her Home, Beware Beware, and Dead Soon Enough. She's the noir editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books, and a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times.

Louis Bayard is the author of eight novels, including Lucky Strikes, Roosevelt's Beast, The Pale Blue Eye, and Mr. Timothy. He has taught at the Yale Writers Conference.

David Gutowski is a writer who publishes the Largehearted Boy literature and music website. He curates the monthly Literary BFFs series at Brooklyn's Greenlight Bookstore.

Ben Tanzer is the producer and host of This Podcast Will Change Your Life. He is also the author of the books Orphans, Lost in Space, SEX AND DEATH, and Be Cool, among others. He frequently speaks on the topics of social media, essay writing, and publishing and can be found online at tanzerben.com.