Artis Henderson is the author of the memoir Unremarried Widow. She writes the "Sandy Days, Salty Nights" column for Florida Weekly, which earned her two Florida Press Association awards.

Julia Cooke's essays, profiles, and cultural criticism have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, the Village Voice, the Paris Review Daily, and the Atlantic. Her book, All the Young Punks: Grandchildren of the Cuban Revolution in Post-Fidel Havana, is forthcoming.

Claire Dederer is the author of the bestselling memoir Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Poses. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, The Nation, Slate, Salon, and New York magazine, as well as several essay anthologies.

Suzanne Mozes is a writer and editor. Her work has appeared in Travel + Leisure and New York. At present, she is at work on a book about one of her obsessions: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his masterpiece Beata Beatrix.