Jean Huets is a co-founder of Circling Rivers (circlingrivers.com), an independent press dedicated to literary fiction and nonfiction set primarily in North America, and poetry. Their latest title is Loplop in a Red City, a collection of ekphrastic poetry by Kenneth Pobo. Jean is author of With Walt Whitman: Himself,  acclaimed by poet Steve Scafidi as a “book of marvels.” Her writing on the U.S. Civil War era has appeared in The New York Times and Civil War Monitor. Other published works by Jean Huets include The Bones You have Cast Down, a young adult novel set in late medieval Italy, and The Cosmic Tarot book, based on the tarot deck by German visionary artist Norbert Loesche. Visit her at jeanhuets.com

Bill Blume discovered his love for the written word while in high school and has been writing ever since. His latest book Gidion‘s Blood is now available from Diversion Books. His first novel, Gidion‘s Hunt was released in 2013. His short stories have been published in many fantasy anthologies and various ezines. Just like the father figure in his novels, Bill works as a 911 dispatcher and has done so for more than 15 years. Prior to that, he worked as a television news producer and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. To learn more about Bill and his writing, visit his website at  www.billblume.net.