Kristine S. Ervin is an assistant professor at West Chester University, where she teaches creative nonfiction, poetry, and composition. Excerpts of her memoir about her mother's murder have appeared in the Crab Orchard Review, Brevity, and Passages North.

Lisa Lewis's books of poetry include The Unbeliever, Silent Treatment, Vivisect, Burned House with Swimming Pool, and The Body Double. She teaches in the creative writing program at Oklahoma State University, and she serves as poetry editor of the Cimarron Review.

Keya Mitra is an assistant professor of creative writing and literature at Pacific University. Her work has appeared in Best New American Voices, the Kenyon Review, and Ontario Review in addition to other journals. She was a 2008 Fulbright Scholar in creative writing in India.

Nicole Zaza teaches composition, creative writing, and literature at Houston Community College. She received her MFA in nonfiction from the University of Houston. She is a regular contributor to Arts and Culture Texas and is working on a collection of essays on immigration.

Eva Foster earned an MFA from the University of Maryland and a PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston. She has been published in the Florida Review and the Helen Burns Poetry Anthology. She is full-time faculty in the Houston Community College English Department.