Chaz Brenchley has been making a living as a writer since the age of eighteen. He is the author of nine thrillers, most recently Shelter,  two fantasy series, The Books of Outremer and Selling Water by the River, and two ghost stories, House of Doors and House of Bells. As Daniel Fox, he has published a Chinese-based fantasy series, beginning with Dragon in Chains; as Ben Macallan, two urban fantasies, Desdaemona and Pandaemonium. A British Fantasy Award winner, he has also published books for children and more than 500 short stories in various genres. His time as crimewriter-in-residence on a sculpture project in Sunderland resulted in the collection Blood Waters. His first play, A Cold Coming, was performed and then toured in 2007. He is a prizewinning ex-poet, and has been writer in residence at the University of Northumbria. He was Northern Writer of the Year 2000. Chaz has recently married and moved from Newcastle to California, with two squabbling cats and a famous teddy bear.  He blogs regularly at desperance.livejournal.com and his own website can be found at www.chazbrenchley.co.uk

Author of the novel Me Again, Keith Cronin is a corporate speechwriter and professional rock drummer who has performed and recorded with artists including Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, and Pat Travers. He is also becoming informally known as "the title guy," having provided the title for Sara Gruen's blockbuster Water for Elephants, as well as for Susan Henderson's HarperCollins debut Up from the Blue. Keith is a regular contributor at the literary blog Writer Unboxed, named one of Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for the past five years. His fiction has appeared in Carve Magazine, Amarillo Bay, The  Scruffy Dog Review, Zinos, and a
University of Phoenix management course. He holds a bachelor's degree in music from Indiana University, and earned his MBA at Florida Atlantic University. A native of South Florida, Keith spends his free time serenading local ducks and squirrels with his ukulele. Visit Keith online at www.keithcronin.com.

Marcy Dermansky is the author of the novel Bad Marie and Twins. Bad Marie was a Barnes and Noble Fall Discover Great New Writers pick. “Bad-ass,” said Esquire Magazine, naming Bad Marie one of the top
novels of 2010. Marcy’s first novel Twins (2005) was a New York Times Editors Choice Pick. Her short stories have been published in numerous literal journals and anthologies, including Salon.com, Five Chapters,  McSweeney's, and the Indiana Review.  For more information about Marcy you can go to her website or follow her on Twitter @mdermansky

Dr Rosie Dub is the author of two novels, Flight (Fourth Estate 2012) and Gathering Storm (Penguin 2008). She has just completed a third novel, Nowhere Man. Rosie has also written and published short stories, essays and life writing in anthologies, magazines, newspapers and literary journals. Her novel, Gathering Storm has recently been optioned by a film company and she is currently adapting it into a feature film script.  For more than fifteen years, Rosie has worked as an editor, a mentor and a teacher of creative writing. She is currently Creative Writing Fellow at Aberystwyth University in Wales, UK and also teaches on the online MA in Writing program at Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia.  Rosie's blog, Write on the Fringes is about creativity, writing and the way in which telling our stories enables us to accept the adventure of life and become true individuals. 

Janice Eidus is a novelist, essayist, short story writer, and writing coach. Her most recent novel is The Last Jewish Virgin. Twice winner of the O.Henry Prize and a Pushcart Prize, she’s published five other books, including the novels, The War Of The Rosens, Faithful Rebecca, and Urban Bliss, and the story collections, Vito Loves Geraldine and The Celibacy Club. Her work appears in such magazines as The New York Times, Arts & Letters, Lilith, and Jewish Currents, as well as such anthologies as Desire: Women Write About Wanting and Dirt: The Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House. She teaches in Carlow University's MFA in Creative Writing Program. She lives in New York City. www.janiceeidus.com/