Jim Jennings hails from the windswept plains of Oklahoma, where his Chickasaw ancestors were removed by treaty with the Andrew Jackson government in 1837. Like Will Rogers, he takes pride in the fact that when the Pilgrims arrived at the Atlantic coast of America, his people were there to greet them. A recovering trial lawyer, Jim’s loftier pursuits include raising cutting horses and showing Appaloosas at halter. He’s living proof of the old western adage: “There’s nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.” Jim is the author of four novels, and he’s now hard at work on a fifth. So far, that perfect publishing deal and million dollar advance have eluded him, but like all lovers of the written word, he carries on – convinced fame and fortune are just around the corner.

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TIPHANIE YANIQUE is from the Hospital Ground neighborhood of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. She is an assistant professor of Creative Writing and Caribbean Literature with Drew University and an associate editor with Post-No-Ills. She lives between Brooklyn, New York, and St. Thomas.

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Kate Schmier is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where she received the Virginia Voss Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Writing. As a college student, she served as a humble intern at several publications, including Gourmet through the Condé Nast Internship Program. Packing her bags and leaving her Motown suburb, she made the writer’s pilgrimage to New York in 2007. For nearly two years, her name appeared in fine print on the masthead of Good Housekeeping, where she was an editorial assistant in the magazine’s health department. She recently left her staff position at GH to accept a role as digital media specialist at Phoenix House, a nonprofit dedicated to helping men, women, and teens rise above addiction. She now edits the organization’s blog and manages its social media sites. A student in Charles Salzberg’s nonfiction workshop since the fall of 2008, she thanks Charles as well as her classmates for their support and encouragement of her writing endeavors.

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