Mary Caponegro’s books include Five Doubts, The Complexities of Intimacy, All Fall Down (all Coffee House), and The Star Café (Scribner). She teaches at Bard College.

Artist and photographer Fern Seiden is also an award-winning filmmaker and animator. Her work has been screened at museums including MOMA, on National Swedish Television, and at national and international festivals. Her works on paper are in collections in Sweden, Belgium, France, Canada, Japan, and the United States.