Nicole Emanuel
Nicole Emanuel is a PhD candidate in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her work brings together animal studies, weird studies, queer ecology, and other interdisciplinary fields. She earned an MA at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 2021 and completed a double major in Biology and English at Macalester College in 2016.
JoeAnn Hart
JoeAnn Hart is the author of the novel Float, which swirls around conceptual art, bankruptcy, and plastics in the ocean.
Frances Pauli
Frances Pauli writes animal fiction and speculative stories. She is the author of the Serpentia series, the Imbrium novellas, and the award-winning Earth Tigers books. Frances is a voracious reader of animal fiction, and an advocate for books of all types which illuminate the animals’ perspective.
Midge Raymond
Midge Raymond is a co-founder of Ashland Creek Press. She is the author of the novels My Last Continent and Floreana, the award-winning short story collection Forgetting English, and the suspense novel Devils Island, co-authored with John Yunker.
Jacki Skole
Jacki Skole is a writer, communications professor, aspiring yogi and dog lover. Dogland: A Journey to the Heart of America’s Dog Problem is her first book. http://jackiskole.com.
John Yunker
Playwright and author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead, as well as the suspense novel Devils Island, co-authored with Midge Raymond. He is co-founder of Ashland Creek Press and editor of Writing for Animals.