Eliza Reid is a journalist, editor, and co-founder of the annual Iceland Writers Retreat. Eliza grew up on a hobby farm near Ottawa, Canada, and moved to Iceland in 2003, five years after winning a student raffle for a date with the man who later became her husband. That husband, Fudni Th.

Born in Illinois, Marie Rutkoski is a graduate of the University of Iowa and Harvard University.

Kim Newman is a popular and respected author and movie critic, known for his acclaimed alternate-history series, Anno Dracula.

Saraciea J. Fennell is a Black Honduran writer and the founder of The Bronx is Reading. She is also a book publicist who has worked with many award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors.