Kathryn Brown is a retired captain with the San Francisco Police Department. She is currently working on a collection of short stories based on her experiences while working in high crime areas of the city, particularly the Tenderloin. Her intention is to take the reader beyond the surface experience of interactions between police and the public, to provide a deeper understanding of the psychological and perhaps spiritual impact of those encounters.
Her story “Misty” appears at Two Hawks Quarterly and you can read her story "Ambushed" online at the Baltimore Review or in the 2016 print edition.
Her short story“Smog Check" is here on Persimmon Tree and Hippocampus magazine published “Beagle On My Knee," a story from her collection of veterinary stories, "Front Desk." She lives in Richmond, CA. with her veterinarian husband. In September 2015 Jenny read a story at the reading series Why There are Words in Sausalito and more recently had a story published in The Examined Life journal.
Christie B. Cochrell is an ardent lover of the play of light, the journeyings of
time, things ephemeral and ancient. Her work has been published by Tin House and New Letters, among others, and has won several awards including the Dorothy Cappon Prize for the Essay and the Literal Latté Short Short Contest. She has written three novels, currently seeking publication; one was shortlisted for the Eludia Award given by Hidden River Arts. Her short story “The Pinecone” received Honorable Mention in the Glimmer Train March/April 2016 Very Short Fiction contest. Her poetry has been published by Red Bird Chapbooks and her flash prose has been published by 101 Words and Dime Show Review and Birdland Journal.
Be sure to visit her blog: http://writingwithlight-bonnard3.blogspot.com/
Susan Dambroff is a poet and performer living in San Francisco. Her latest chapbook CONVERSATIONS WITH TREES was published in 2017 by Finishing Line Press. Her poetry has appeared in Stoneboat, Earth’s Daughters, and Red Bird Chapbooks, amongst other literary venues. She performs in Spoken Duets, a poetic and improvisational collaboration with performance artist Chris Kammler. Throughout her creative work, she is drawn to the detailed placement of words, the alchemy of sequence and timing.
Christopher P. DeLorenzo loves the way chocolate melts on the tongue, harmonizes with Madonna in commuter traffic, and craves the scent of Michelia trees. He holds an MA in fiction writing, leads multi-genre writing workshops in the Amherst Writers and Artists method, and teaches at the University of San Francisco. Chris has published poetry, prose, and personal essays in several magazines, including Karamu, The Rockhurst Review, and Bluestem. He has written three novel manuscripts and recently published his memoir cookbook Kitchen Inheritance: Memories and Recipes from my Family of Cooks. 
For more information about Chris, his cookbook, dessert business, workshops and writing retreats, please see www.laguna-writers.com.
Carol Harada is a healing practitioner at Deep River Healing and a member of Laguna Writers community in San Francisco. She incorporates awareness of healing and creative processes into her short stories and novel-in-progress. Carol’s work has been published in Quail Bell Magazine; Gravel; Fickle Muses; Still Point Arts Quarterly; The Saturday Evening Post; Bryant Literary Review; FlashFlood Journal; Lake: a Collection of Voices, volumes 4, 5, and 6; and Birdland Journal and Dime Show Review. She has read at the esteemed literary series Why There Are Words and Bay Area Generations. Some excerpts of her novels-in-progress are available at http://www.carolharadacreates.com
Her poetry and prose have been published by Haunted Waters Press, Laguna Writers of San Francisco, Juddhill.com, Gravel , The Eunoia Review, Tell Us a Story, Dime Show Review and Adanna. --> Her manuscript, Held—a book about her father written in the Haibun style, was published in early 2018 by Red Bird Chapbooks. Savorsmith, her business, is based on everything she loves—food, travel, books, and the creative spirit. You can learn more about it at www.savorsmith.com.
Elizabeth Terzakis has had a short story published in the New England Review, and the first chapter of her unpublished novel, The Most Pragmatic of Predictions, appeared in San Francisco State University's Transfer magazine. She holds MA degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing from Brown and Hollins Universities and teaches composition, adult reading, and creative writing. She has published articles on the global AIDS crisis, human nature, capital punishment and free speech. Her fiction has been published by Rozlyn Press, Minerva Rising Journal, Solstice Literary Magazine, and is forthcoming with Calyx in Fall 2018. Elizabeth co-wrote Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story with four-time Olympian Wyomia Tyus that is available through Akashic Books. Writing is quite literally her favorite thing to do.
