J. Robert Lennon is the author of two story collections and seven novels. He teaches writing at Cornell University.

Deb Olin Unferth is the author of three books, most recently Revolution, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her work appears in Harper's, the Paris Review, and Granta. She received three Pushcart Prizes and a Creative Capital Grant. Her next book is forthcoming.

Jon Raymond is the author of the novels Freebird, Rain Dragon, and The Half-Life, and the short-story collection Livability. His screenwriting credits include Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, and Meek's Cutoff. His work has appeared in Tin House, Bookforum, and other places.

Sara Majka is the author of the debut collection Cities I've Never Lived In. Her stories have been published in Guernica, Massachusetts Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and A Public Space, among others. She was a fiction fellow at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center.