Jodé Millman is the author of the award-winning thriller novel, The Midnight Call. She has been an attorney for more than 40 years with practical experience in Intellectual Property Law. She is a contributing editor of The Kaminstein Legislative History Project: A Compendium and Analytical Index of Materials Leading to the Copyright Act of 1976, holds a MA in English Literature specializing in Law and Literature, the author of the best-selling Broadway guidebook “Seats: New York,” a producer/host of a popular podcast, and a book reviewer for Booktrib.com. Her newest thriller, Hooker Avenue, was published in April 2022.

Elisa Albert is the author of After Birth, The Book of Dahlia, How This Night Is Different, and editor of the anthology Freud’s Blind Spot. Her newest novel, Human Blues, published in July 2022, was hailed by the New York Times as "explosively hip, funny and heartfelt". Her stories and essays have appeared in Time, The Guardian, The New York Times, n+1, Bennington Review, Tin House, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Literary Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. She has taught creative writing at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, The College of Saint Rose, Bennington College, Texas State University, University of Maine, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.

Alyssa Hardy is an author and fashion journalist based in New York City. She was formerly the Senior News Editor at InStyle and the Fashion News Editor at Teen Vogue. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Marie Claire, Fashionista, Refinery29, Glossy and more. Alyssa’s debut non-fiction book, Worn Out: How Our Clothes Cover Up Fashion’s Sins, will be available September 26th.

Emily Layden is the author of All Girls, a New York Times Book Review Staff Pick, and the forthcoming novel Once More From the Top. She adapted All Girls for television at HBO, and has other development work in progress.