Ayamanatara is a Shaman; she is a healer, author, teacher, trance channel, clairvoyant, and animal communicator. She teaches meditation, various forms of healing, channeling, and personal transformation techniques, mysticism, and ceremonial design all over the United States. She can be found at http://www.ayamanatara.com.
Laureen Hudson is a writer, a professional editor (here and here), a scuba instructor, a beginning sailor, a traveler, a birth advocate, a blogger, a podcaster, a website manager, an enthusiastic geek enabler, and an obsessive researcher who’s chiefly focused on, and delighted with, her husband Jason, her sons Rowan and Kestrel, and her daughter Aurora. She’s a lifelong Californian, which lends a distinctive spin to both her ideas and her politics, and she’s discovered, in her peregrinations, that the world is far smaller yet far more fascinating than anyone gives it credit for being. She can be found at http://theexcellentadventure.com.
Angela N. Hunt began writing stories at the age of five, concerning a telepathic horse and its girl, with no idea that such endeavor would come to be the chief focus of her life. The writing, not the telepathic horse. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, sister, two daughters, multiple cats, a long suffering dog, and a studio full of paintings and photographs. She can be found at http://www.angelanhunt.com.
Matthew W. Hunt writes and lives in Los Angeles, CA, when he's not working on video games and trying to remember what sleep looks like. He can be found at http://emittime.wordpress.com Monica Marier is a sleep-deprived stay-at-home mother of two. She's been a fantasy fanatic ever since her mother read The Book of Three to her when she was eleven. It inspired her to keep a journal where she scribbled and doodled an epic fantasy saga featuring herself as the main character. The project was wisely scrapped at age twenty. Years later, Monica became inspired to participate in the National Novel Writing Month, completing her first novel: Must Love Dragons. She lives in the D.C. Metro area with her very supportive husband. Monica currently draws/writes a webcomic with her friends at http://www.tangentartists.com Barrie J. Rosen is an artist as well as writer, heavily influenced by Japanese anime and Disney. She's won awards for things she won't tell you about and loves her nieces when they're not driving her crazy during the day. She can be found at http://friendlyquark.deviantart.com
Tammy Takahashi lives and learns with her three children (9, 6, and 3) and her supportive husband in sunny Southern California. She is the ex-editor of the California HomeSchooler magazine (http://www.hsc.org/chs), and writes an alternative education blog (http://justenoughblog.com). In her spare time, she likes to read, run and hang out with her awesome family.