is the author of the novelThe Nobodies(Blackstone Publishing). Her short stories have appeared inSewanee Review, Massachusetts Review, Juked,andElectric Literature's Recommended Reading.Her nonfiction has appeared inThe Atlantic,The Nation,Jacobin,Washington Post,theVillage Voice, and theLA Review of Books. She has taught at the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, the College Readiness Program, the Westchester County Department of Corrections, and Girls Write Now. She holds a BA from American University and an MFA in Fiction from Sarah Lawrence College.

is the author of the memoirRed Eggs and Good Luck(She Writes Press), the novelsFriends First,The Divorce Planner, and theWomen of the Crushseries (all The Wild Rose Press), andBlood Moon Rising(Eternal Press), and the short story collection人类的行为和其他的故事(All Things That Matter Press). Her nonfiction has appeared inThe Sun,San Jose Mercury News,SFGate,Portland Book Review, and theBohemian. She holds a BA from Sonoma State University.

is the author of the novelAnd Then Things Fall Apart(Simon & Schuster). Her short stories and nonfiction have appeared inOne Story,SmokeLong Quarterly,McSweeney's, Madison Review,The Dinner Party Download,New Stories from the Midwest 2018(New American Press), the New York Times, and elsewhere. She holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University.

is the author of the novelsDear Catastrophe Waitress,Long Way Back,andDonorboy(all by Villard); the memoirsLosing My FacultiesandIt Takes a Worried Man(both by Villard); and the author or co-author of eight young adult novels, includingLegacy(Gum Road),Forever Changes(by Farrar, Straus & Giroux),Tessa Masterson Will Go To Prom(Walker Books), andA Really Awesome Mess(Egmont USA). His nonfiction has appeared in theNew York Times,Boston Globe,Los Angeles Times,Sunday Times (of London) Magazine,Best Life Magazine,Rosie Magazine, andLadies’ Home Journal. He has taught at Emmanuel College, Bunker Hill Community College, and the Wentworth Institute of Technology. He holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Teaching from Tufts University.

has published short fiction inVagabond: Bulgaria's English Monthly,The Oleander Review, andBlack Warrior Review, among many others. He is the translator, with Quan M. Ha, of the short-story collectionHanoi at Midnightby Bao Ninh (Texas Tech University Press). He co-founded the literary magazineCedilla,has worked as a tutor with the Michigan Mentorship Program, and taught for the University of Michigan. He holds a BA from the University of Montana and an MFA in Fiction from the University of Michigan.

has published short stories in thePackinghouse Review,Flyaway,Potomac Review,加州杂志的女性作家,Unmanned Press, and the anthologiesBest Small FictionsandDimestories. She is the author of the poetry collectionBrother Bullet(University of Arizona Press) and the chapbookWhere Bullet Breaks(Sequoyah National Research Center), and her poetry has appeared inBellingham Review,NewBorder,Malpais Review,Hobart,Indian Country Today,Más Tequila Review, andHamilton Stone Review. She is a founder/managing editor of the literary journalAs/Us, teaches for the University of California at San Diego, and has taught at the University of New Mexico, Northwest Indian College, North Seattle Community College, and for Upward Bound. She holds a BS from Cornell, an MA in Educational Counseling from the University of Redlands, and an MFA in Fiction from the University of New Mexico.

is the author of the novelsIf Anyone Asks, Say I Died From the Heartbreaking Blues,The Bronx Kill,Jesusville,Catholic Boys,andDark Road, Dead End,as well as the short story collectionA History of Things Lost or Broken, (all Livingston Press/University of West Alabama). His short fiction has appeared in theSouthern Humanities Review,Westchester Review,North American Review,Connecticut Review,Italian Americana,and been anthologized inWild Dreams(Fordham University Press),100 Percent Pure Florida Fiction(University of Florida Press), andMany Lights in Many Windows(Milkweed Editions). His plays have been staged or received staged readings at The Actors Studio, the Belmont Playhouse, the Gettysburg College New Plays Festival, and the Circle Repertory Lab, among many others. He wrote and directed the feature filmLove in the Age of Dion, which won Best Director at the New York Independent Film and Video Festival, played at many film festivals including the Rhode Island International Film Festival and the Wildwood-By-The-Sea Festival, and was selected for the New Filmmakers NY series. He teaches at William Paterson University. He holds a Ph.D from New York University.

has published fiction inLit Hub,Five Points,Epiphany, december,Southampton Review,Shenandoah, and other journals. He taught for Stony Brook Southampton, where he also earned an MFA in Creative Writing.

is the author of the novelMangoes for Monkeysand the short story collectionParikrama,(both Frog Books/Leadstart Publishing). Her short fiction has appeared in theSanta Clara ReviewandThe Fanzine, and her essays, reviews, and articles have appeared in theSan Jose Mercury News,San Francisco Chronicle,Times of India,Economic Times,Pacific Time,Perspectives,In the Fray, andthe Forumon KQED FM, among many others. She is a former assistant fiction editor for14Hillsliterary magazine, and she has taught for San Francisco State University, Milipitas Adult Education, and the Learning Bee. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.

is the author of the novelDeep as the Sky, Red as theSea(Bloomsbury). Her short fiction has been selected forBest American Short Storiesand published inMidnight Breakfast,McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern,the Rumpus,Clarkesworld,Virginia Quarterly Review,圣塔莫尼卡审查,Conjunctions, and theKenyon Review Online, among others. She received a Steinbeck Fellowship from the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University, and she has taught for the University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. She holds a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Fiction from New York University.