Kimberlee Medicine Horn - Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson, a Yankton Sioux Indian originally from South Dakota resides in Ohio with her husband Jack and their son Mitchell. Her poetry has appeared in several local publications including the News Herald newspaper. She writes a weekly Meet Your Merchant column for two editions of the Good News. She is a founding member of The Brink of Discovery Writer's Workshop and will be launching their newsletter this March. A chapbook titled Two Worlds is near completion about Indian identity in a non-native home.
Lee Gutkind - Lee Gutkind, founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction, has performed as a clown for Ringling Brothers, scrubbed with heart and liver transplant surgeons, wandered the country on a motorcycle and experienced psychotherapy with a distressed family—all as research for eight books and numerous profiles and essays. Publisher's Weekly praised Gutkind's newest release, Forever Fat: Essays by the Godfather, in a review: "This collection of beautifully crafted personal essays demonstrates the author's mastery over his chosen genre. Always engrossing, the pieces convey emotional pain leavened with humor and are written with piercing honesty." This memoir was partially inspired by a Vanity Fair article by James Wolcott, lambasting Gutkind as the "godfather behind creative nonfiction." Gutkind dedicates his book to Wolcott, among others.
Linda Ballou - Linda is a free-lance writer, based in Los Angeles, specializing in soft adventure travel. Her mission is to experience as many beautiful places as she can before they are no more. Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines as well as the L.A. Times. Presently, she is having a great deal of fun collecting travel stories, and profiles of people she has met in "naturally high places" for her book Lost Angel Walk About.
Joseph Bruchac - Joseph Bruchac is a poet, writer, and storyteller who has appeared in a wide variety of publications, from American Poetry Review to National Geographic Magazine. His work often reflects his Abenaki Indian ancestry. His two newest
collections of poetry, both from West End Press, are Above the
Line and Ndakinna/Our Land.
Carleen Phillips - Carleen Phillips lives in Alabaster, Alabama with her husband, grandmother and three children. She is a figure-skating coach as well as an employee at Barnes and Noble Booksellers. She writes poetry, short stories, and is threatening to run away and work on a novel if the kids don't settle down.
Anna Hall - Anna Hall has been writing poetry and short fiction for over ten years. She is currently a graduate student at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, working on a degree in British Literature.
Paul Kloppenborg - Paul Kloppenborg works as a librarian in Melbourne, Australia. He is widely published in both print and electronic journals. His first anthology (along with 6 other international poets) was published by Two Dog Press in 1998. A second anthology was published by Funky Dog Press, Detroit in 1999. Paul’s first chapbook “Poetic Confectionery “ (2002) is available from the Canadian publisher CNV was 2002. He is Co-ListServ Administrator of The Muse.
Ron Fischer - One summer day, Ron Fischer went into his favorite bookstore and discovered the poetry of Richard Hugo. He was even more surprised to learn that this wonderful writer was teaching at the University of Montana. Ron ended up graduating from the University of Montana with an MFA in Creative Writing. Hot out of graduate studies, he landed a job at Western Montana College and got a collection of his short stories Journeys into Open Country and a play for the Montana Centennial produced, "A Dance on Crumbling Earth". After a few journeys of his own, a doctorate from Idaho State, teaching at the Shoshone-Bannock Jr./Sr. high, he landed at Minot State University where he enjoys teaching writing and Native American Literature.
Karen Alea - Karen Alea was born in Buffalo, New York in 1967 and grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. With light skin and red hair, she found herself a Cuban-American spy, getting to look into her own culture with one foot outside. Living in two worlds at a young age, she has always been interested in the emotional and social differences of world cultures. Her work has been published in Out of Line, Eureka (forthcoming) and spit fire press literary journals. She and recently won a contest judged by Ann Patchett. She began her descent into an MFA program in January 2005. Karen's Website
David Bulley - David Bulley has published short fiction in Night Train, McSweeneys, Words & Images, Porcupine, and in many other venues. His novel, "Weapon in Heaven" is forthcoming from Cavern Press. He owns and operates, Scrawl: the Writers Asylum, an online writer's community. Marlana's Portfolio