Lisa Wells is a poet and writer of nonfiction from Portland, Oregon. Her debut collection of poetry, The Fix, won the Iowa Poetry Prize.

Her poems and essays have been widely published, including in The New York Times and Harper’s Magazine. She lives in Seattle and is an editor for The Volta and Letter Machine Editions.

Tim Budgen is a freelance illustrator and Art teacher. For much of his life he has been scribbling down ideas and can usually be found with a pencil in one hand and a sketchbook in the other!

He lives by the sea on Hayling Island, England, with his wife Julia.