Margot Livesey was born and grew up on the edge of the Scottish Highlands.  She has taught in numerous writing programs including the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Boston University, and the Warren Wilson MFA program, and is the author of a collection of stories and six novels, including Eva Moves the Furniture and most recently The House on Fortune Street, which won the L.L.Winship/PEN new England award.  She lives in Cambridge with her husband the painter Eric Garnick and is a distinguished writer-in-residence at Emerson College in Boston.

Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno’s first book of poetry, Slamming Open the Door, was published by Alice James Press in 2009.  A contributing editor of The American Poetry Review, Bonanno currently teaches English and Creative Writing in Pennsylvania.  She was recently featured on National Public Radio’s Fresh Air.