Emily Fridlund: Emily Fridlund's first novel, History of Wolves (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017), was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection and a #1 Indie Next Pick. Fridlund grew up in Minnesota and currently resides in the Finger Lakes region of New York.
Ben Marcus: Ben Marcus is the author of four books of fiction, most recently Leaving the Sea: Stories (Knopf, 2014). His stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in Harper's, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, The New York Times, GQ, Salon, Time, Conjunctions, and elsewhere.