Erin Lindsay McCabe studied Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz, earned a teaching credential at California State University, Chico, and taught high school English for seven years before completing her MFA at St. Mary’s College in 2010.  She is currently teaching Composition at Butte College, and eagerly awaiting the arrival of her first novel, I Shall Be Near to You, forthcoming from Crown in 2014.

Rosemary Graham is the author of three novels:  Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude, My Not-So-Terrible Time at the Hippie Hotel, and Stalker Girl. Her essays and commentaries have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Santa Monica Review, and on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered."  She is Professor of English and core faculty in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College of CA.