An avid reader from a young age, Amie’s writing draws on her experiences as a literary scholar, teacher, and lifelong book nerd. From the moment she discovered Jane Eyre at the age of thirteen, words have been the driving force of her passions and pursuits.
She read her way from rural Montana to the libraries of the University of Notre Dame and now teaches literature and composition at a small college in Washington.
She is proudly neurodivergent. Amie can usually be found with her two dogs and two cats, working her way through an infinite To-Be-Read pile.
Her debut novel MURDER BY THE BOOK will be published August 19, 2025!
Find her on Threads, Instagram, and Bluesky, and visit her website here!
Chloe Dulce Louvouezo
Chloe Dulce Louvouezo is a Congolese-American writer and producer whose work is driven by discourse on identity and healing. As a storyteller, she supports creativity and belonging of underrepresented women and seeks to deepen understanding about and within communities. Chloe is the author of Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing and Self-Trust (HarperCollins Publishers, November 2, 2021), through which she explores nuances and insights around identity, mental wellness, and healing, told through the lens of women from the Black diaspora.
Dayna Altman is an energetic and dynamic mental health speaker, entrepreneur and advocate. The full force and sole operator of Bake it Till You Make it LLC, Dayna harvests her passion for mental health advocacy by using food and baking to create an authentic recipe for vulnerable storytelling. The author of five mental health cookbooks (self published), the facilitator of a variety of mental health presentations. and the subject of an award winning documentary, Dayna is a sought after storyteller.
Dayna has been invited to speak at national conferences, in community kitchens, on the news and most notably, at the White House in 2022. With experience working in both clinical and advocacy mental health settings, Dayna’s breadth of knowledge in the field informs her work as does her own recovery.
Today, Dayna lives with major depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and is in lifelong eating disorder recovery. When she’s not testing out new recipes in her kitchen or quoting her therapists, Dayna is in pursuit of creating art as a means to explore new ways to change the world using her own story.
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Instagram: @daynaaltman, @bakeittillyoumakeitllc
Facebook: Dayna Altman, Bake it Till You Make it LLC
Edmondson Cole is a graduate of Pacific University’s MFA in Writing, as well as a former Elizabeth George Foundation fellow and finalist in the Maine Literary Awards’ Short Works in Fiction category.
His work has appeared in The Twin Bill, Portland Monthly Magazine, Drizzle Review, and the anthologies I Could Be Here Now and Then Again, published by Pine Pitch Press. He lives in Portland, Maine.
Elizabeth Garner Masarik is a historian of U.S. and women's history. She is the author of two books, "The Sentimental State: How Women-led Reform Built the American Welfare State" and "Spiritualism's Place: Reformers, Seekers, and Seances in Lily Dale," which was co-written with her fellow producers of "Dig: A History Podcast," of which Elizabeth is a founding member.
Find her on Instagram @EGMasarik and visit her website here!
Lexi Bruner is an author and poet who leverages her storytelling to amplify her mission to disrupt power structures, advocate for social justice, and amplify diverse stories. As someone who was born and raised in Austin, TX, the local dynamics and cultural institutions have colored her approach to art and storytelling—her poetry and prose are heavily influenced by her identity as a queer, Black, and Latinx woman in these spaces.
When she’s not exploring themes of identity, culture, power, and healing in her writing, you can find Lexi “hiking” around town, knitting, baking, binding books, reading, or rewatching a comfort anime that has a 90% chance of making her cry.
Find her on Instagram @lexibrunerwrites and visit her website here!
Megan Swenson grew up in Chandler, Arizona before getting her BAs in Creative Writing and Anthropology from the University of Colorado Boulder and her MFA in Fiction from New York University. While living abroad in Canada, she earned a Graduate Certificate in Educating Multilingual Learners and an MA in English Studies through Arizona State University.
Megan’s short fiction has appeared in Walkabout Creative Arts Journal, Driftwood Press, Fruitslice, and Bone Parade.
Her writing tends to blend realism with fantastical elements to explore the way we perceive ourselves and others within a larger sociohistorical context and how we move forward in love.
Find her on Instagram @meg.swen!
Raven Love is a Detroit-based writer with a passion for voice-driven stories. Her work explores topics of family, class, identity, and love through the lens of marginalized protagonists.
A graduate of Wayne State University with a B.A. in English, Raven works in advertising by day, and huddles around her computer with her two cats, Phil and Lil, crafting stories by night.
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