Darcey Steinke is the author of the memoir Easter Everywhere and the novels Milk (both Bloomsbury), Jesus Saves (Grove/Atlantic), Suicide Blonde (Atlantic Monthly), Up Through the Water (Doubleday), and Sister Golden Hair (Tin House).

Longtime Conjunctions contributing editor Rick Moody is the author of six novels, including The Ice Storm (Little Brown & Co), which was made into a movie directed by Ang Lee, three collections of stories, and three works of nonfiction. He teaches at Tufts University and is at work on a new collection of stories entitled Thirteen.