Rachel Busse works in the humanitarian field while moonlighting as an essayist and aspiring novelist. She holds her MA in English from the University of St. Thomas, and is published in The Summit Avenue Review, The St. Paul Pioneer Press, and elsewhere. She lives in St. Paul.

Pamela Herron, California writer and poet, has poetry and flash fiction in various publications. Her nature-based poetry collection, En L'air, debuted in 2013. Recent books include Exploring Ancient China and contributing to Confucianism Revisited (SUNY Press). She researches and teaches Daoism/Confucianism. Current projects include new collection of nature poems and a young adult novel.