Writer Bios:
Born in Zagreb, Croatia, NINA HERZOG has been a contributing writer at POZ Magazine, managing editor of Global City Review, and co-editor of its International Issue. She has been a resident at KHN, Saltonstall, Anderson and Millay. She is a regular contributor to Words without Borders. Published in The Great River Review among others, she was short-listed for the Kennedy Prize. CHRISTINA LEWIS HALPERN is the author of LONELY AT THE TOP, a memoir published this month by Amazon Kindle Singles about her struggles following the death of her father, the entrepreneur Reginald F. Lewis. A former real estate reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Lewis Halpern's writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and The National Catholic Reporter. She was also a night cops reporter for The Stamford Advocate. She received her B.A. from Harvard College, where she was a columnist for The Harvard Crimson. She lives in New York City with her husband, Dan, and her newborn son, Calvin. LESLIE MASLOW grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and graduated from Oberlin College in 1990. After many years as a playwright, she began writing fiction in 2006. She has had fellowships to the Sewanee Writers Conference, the Djerassi Resident Artist Program and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been published inOpen City, Tin House and Anderbo. She is currently enrolled in the MFA program at Bennington College.