Jean-Luc Beauchard is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fenwick University and a Catholic priest. His recent publications include "Who is the Philosopher King?" (2021), The Mask of Memnon: Meaning and the Novel (2022), and City of Man: A Novel Reading of Plato's Republic (2023).

Matthew Clemente is a father, husband, philosopher, author, and literary theorist. He has authored or edited over a dozen books.

Lee Oser (1958-  ) performed gigs and odd jobs throughout his twenties, before completing his education at Reed College and Yale University. Since 1998, he has taught literature at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is a family man with a highly intelligent cat. Old Enemies: A Satire is his fourth novel.

James Wilson has written six previous novels: The Dark Clue, The Bastard Boy, The Woman in the Picture, Consolation (all published by Faber), The Summer of Broken Stories (Alma Books), and Coyote Fork (Slant Books). He is also the author of a prize-winning work of narrative non-fiction, The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America. His work has been translated into nine languages. He lives in London with his artist wife.