Benjamin Schwarting is a fantasy author, high school English teacher, and co-owner of Williams & Rose Publishing. Author of The Sum of Ages series, Ben's work emphasizes writing complex fantasy cultures that highlight real-world issues of systemic oppression and social injustice. After earning his MAT, Ben has taught as an adjunct professor of Education at the College of Idaho and designed creative writing and young author's courses for high schoolers.

Mitch Wieland is the author of the novels Willy Slater’s Lane and God’s Dogs. His books have received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist, been praised by The New York Times and Kirkus Reviews, and named Idaho Book of the Year and optioned for a film. God’s Dogs was a top six finalist for the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. His short stories have appeared in The Missouri Review, The Southern Review, The Kenyon Review, The Yale Review, The Sewanee Review, and twenty other top literary journals. His work has also appeared in the anthologies, The Best of the West and Hello, I Love You: Stories of Romance.