Michael Waters has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Wired, Slate, and Vox, among other publications.

He was the 2021-2022 New York Public Library Martin Duberman Visiting Scholar in LGBTQ studies and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Colum McCann is the author of seven novels, three collections of stories and two works of non-fiction. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he has been the recipient of many international honours, including the U.S National Book Award, the International Dublin Literary Prize, a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the French government, election to the Irish arts academy, several European awards, the 2010 Best Foreign Novel Award in China, and an Oscar nomination.

In 2017 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts. His work has been published in over 40 languages. He is the President and co-founder of the non-profit global story exchange organisation, Narrative 4. He is the Thomas Hunter Writer in Residence in Hunter College, in New York, where he lives with his wife Allison and their family. His most recent novel, Apeirogon, became an immediate New York Times bestseller and won several major international awards. His first major non-fiction book, American Mother, will be published in February 2024.

Fred DAguiar was born in London of Guyanese parents. He spent his childhood in Guyana and returned to the UK for his secondary and tertiary education. He has lived and taught in the US since the 1990s.

He is a professor of English at UCLA, where he teaches literature and creative writing. He lives in Mid-City Los Angeles with his family and spends some time with his wife, Debbie, rescuing stray cats. Dexter, the family dog, doesnt mind since two of his house pals, Clementine and Moonlight, are cats.