The Girl King by Tara Mitchell

Tara Mitchell is a Canadian who has lived overseas for so long she often dreams of bacon smothered in maple syrup.  Her travel and life experiences in Asia, Europe and Africa inform her writing. She currently lives in Manila with her husband and her cat named Lucky. She adores story-telling in all its forms. Fascinated by powerful women in history, she’s currently writing the first installment of what she hopes will be a series of young adult books about kickass global girls who change the world. She still thinks she can’t draw.

O.S. by K.I. Press

K.I. Press is a Winnipeg writer who's also lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton and rural Alberta. Her newest book of poetry is Exquisite Monsters (Turnstone Press). kipress.ca

Helen Tee Van by Suzanne Kamata

Suzanne Kamata is the author of a short story collection and three novels, including Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible, which features an aspiring manga artist. This comic is her first attempt at graphic storytelling. For more, go to suzannekamata.com or follow @shikoksue.

Pulla by Leena Niemela

Leena lives in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island and just completed her first year of UBC's MFA (Creating Writing) program.

The Heron by Melissa Bull

Melissa Bull is a Montreal-based writer, editor, and translator. She is Maisonneuve magazine's "Writing from Quebec" editor and her work has been featured in such publications as Prism, Event, Urbania, Ambos, and the Montreal Review of Books. Her story, "In the Shadow of the Canada Malting Silos" won CBC's 2013 Hyperlocal prize and in 2015 she was awarded the Cole Foundation's award for emerging translator. Melissa Bull's translation of Nelly Arcan's Burqa of Skin was published in 2014, and her first collection of poetry, Rue, is forthcoming in April 2015.