Peggy Payne is the critically acclaimed author of the novels Cobalt Blue (Roundfire Books, 2013), Sister India (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year) and Revelation — all of which bring to light the intersection of sex and spirituality. Her articles and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Family Circle, Cosmo, and
By day, Michelle Toth is senior vice president and head of human capital at D.E. Shaw & Co. During the rest of the week she is a literary entrepreneur. Author of the novel Annie Begins (SixOneSeven Books, 2011), Michelle is also founder and co-publisher of the micropress SixOneSeven Books and sits on the board of
Martha Randolph Carr is the author of 6 books including those in the Wallis Jones political thriller series: The List (2013), The Keeper (2014) and The Circle (2015). A professional copywriter and editor, she has written a weekly, nationally-syndicated column on politics and life that has run on such political hotspots as The Moderate Voice.com
Lisa Borders is the award-winning author of The Fifty-First State (Engine Books, 2013) and Cloud Cuckoo Land (River City Publishing, 2002) chosen by Pat Conroy as the winner of River City Publishing’s Fred Bonnie Award. Cloud Cuckoo Land also received fiction honors in the 2003 Massachusetts Book Awards, and was a finalist for the ForeWord
Kim Triedman is both an award-winning poet and a novelist. Her debut novel, The Other Room (Owl Canyon Press), and two full-length poetry collections, Plum(b) and Hadestown, both released in 2013. The Other Room was a finalist for the 2008 James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and Kim’s poetry has garnered many awards, including the 2008
Jill Teitelman, author of Saving Gracie (2012), has taught writing and literature at the Sorbonne, The School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, the University of Massachusetts and Simmons College. A former MacDowell Colony fellow with short stories stories published in The Chicago Review, Transatlantic, Story Quarterly and Riverrun, she has also written encyclopedia articles about