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Katharine Davis is the author of East Hope and Capturing Paris, which was recommended by the New York Times for fiction set in Paris. Katharine is currently completing her third novel.

Valerie Laken, author of Dream House, received her MFA from the University of Michigan. Her work has received a Pushcart Prize, the Missouri Review Editors' Prize, and an honorable mention in the Best American Short Stories. She teaches at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Philipp Meyer, (American Rust), has worked as a trauma center volunteer, derivatives trader, construction worker and EMT. He has been published in McSweeney's, Salon.com and New Stories from the South.