Tommy Kim received his Masters in Fine Arts from Warren Wilson College while working as an accountant at a hedge fund.  He is currently working on a novel about a gang of orphans roving the Korean countryside during the Korean War.  Kim lives with his wife in Los Angeles in a Jewish Orthodox neighborhood 3 miles from Koreatown.

Beth Escott Newcomer has earned her keep as a graphic designer, journalist and marketing consultant in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.  A resident of North County San Diego, she splits her time managing her design firm, Escott Associates, promoting her husband's cacti and succulent nursery, and honoring the Muse who, in spite of neglect and occasional all-out abandonment, still shows up when summoned, ready to get to work.

Laurie O'Brien has written for National Geographic's Geo Kids, and has had her critically acclaimed play Inside Out produced in Los Angeles.  Her story, To See What We Can See, was a 2008 Glimmer Train Family Matter contest finalist.  When not writing, O'Brien is a working actress, tends her extensive garden and sculpts her whimsical Ceramic Characterizations.

Daniel Sanchez lives in Los Angeles.  He holds a B.A. in political science and English literature from Chapman University and is completing his MFA in Creative Writing at Warren Wilson College.  When not buying too many used books, Sanchez works at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program as an advisor and program assistant for creative writing and online screenwriting courses and tweets at Twitter.com/WriterDaniel. 

Joel Smith grew up in Beverly Glen Canyon and remains prepared for the earth to swallow him whole.  He received his B.A. in English from UC Berkeley and is currently pursuing his MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Arizona.  Smith believes in moral fiction, if any, and is guided by a watered down trio of Judaism, Anthropology, and postModernism. He loves good cheer, Tanqueray Rangpur, and the ironclad rule of three.  Smith holds back and launches forth in equal measure at www.mysneakyuncle.com.

Julie Stern presently lives in a dance hall in Topanga Canyon.  She has resided and worked in Philadelphia, Ithaca, New York City and Lake Lugano, Switzerland.  Stern's fiction has appeared in Owen Wister Review and Room Magazine.