Nina Ignaczak

Nina Misuraca Ignaczak lives in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan where she is a wife and mom to 2 kids, works in urban planning, and strives to rekindle her long-lost passion for literature and writing. She combines her loves of place and writing at her blog, Place. Her work has appeared in Orion and Glass Coin.

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Kate Imel

Kate Imel is a senior at Georgetown University majoring in English with a focus on Creative Writing. She is a section editor for Georgetown’s newspaper The Voice and a staff writer. Outside of writing she loves playing volleyball, watching movies, and playing trivial pursuit (when she’s winning). Though currently in DC, she misses the Lone Star State and makes a point to visit Austin on road trips through the hill country.

David Irvine

David Irvine studied illustration at Sheridan College in Brampton, Ontario Canada. After graduation in ‘91 he has worked as a self-employed illustrator and fine artist. He also taught fine art evening classes to both adults and children. Always looking for unconventional avenues to express his creativity, he paints on discarded and unplayable vinyl records, makes quirky beercap pins and magnets, paints wooden furniture, uses jar lids to make handpainted ‘brooches’ as well as works on canvas and paper. His work has been collected from all parts of the world and a book of his drawings and paintings featuring a “Monster” theme has been recently published. You can see more of his work at http://gnarledbranch.com.