Stephen Beachy: Stephen Beachy is the author of two previous novels,The Whistling Song and Distortion, as well as the twinned novellas Some Phantom/No Time Flat. His writing has appeared in BOMB, The New York Times Magazine, Chicago Review, Best Gay American Fiction, New York magazine and elsewhere. Raised by an ex-Amish father in Iowa, he now lives in California and teaches at the University of San Francisco.

Jake Yoder: Jake Yoder is the nom de plume of a young Amish writer who has chosen the humble servitude and anonymity of Amish life over the petty ego gratifications offered by the literary world. His existence is unconfirmed.