Erika Schnatz (2009) - Erika is a senior at Montclair State University pursuing her BFA in animation and illustration, with hopes of writing and illustrating her own children's books after graduation. An avid reader and music enthusiast, Erika has a weekly show on Montclair State's underground radio station WMSC and puts on rock concerts for her campus community. In her spare time she enjoys reading, drawing silly cartoon animals, going to concerts, and frequenting the art museums of nearby New York City. Arnold Lobel, Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, William Joyce, and Roald Dahl are among her favorite children's book writers and illustrators.

Rebecca Theodorou (2009) - Rebecca grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey, but left them behind to attend Kenyon College in rural Ohio. A sophomore, she is an English major with an intended emphasis in creative writing, and a desire to go into publishing after college. Rebecca also serves on the Kenyon Review staff as a student associate. When not locked in her room reading or writing, she is playing trumpet, fencing, or learning a dead language. Her favorite books include The World According to Garp, Catch 22, Gate of Darkness Circle of Light, and The Canterbury Tales.

Molly Rideout (2009) - Molly Rideout attends Grinnell College where she writes prolifically, swing dances prolifically, and goes to classes somewhere in between. She edits a number of Grinnell publications and teaches dance two nights a week. Her main interest lies in snappy children's/young adult fantasy. She particularly loves Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl (before the time traveling started), Patrick Ness's The Knife of Never Letting Go and Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant. Her higher literary tastes extend to Nabokov's Lolita and Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.

Susan Kovar (2009) - Susan attends Brown University and studies Classics. She enjoys writing, working for the Brown Alumni Magazine, and serving on the editorial board of the Brown Classics Journal as well as the public relations officer for her class board. She also loves cooking and being outside, especially when it includes tennis, sailing, skiing, or fly fishing. The top of her very long list of favorite books includes Little Women and Anna Karenina. Right now, she is reading On Beauty and The Rhino With Glue on Shoes.

Darryl Campbell (2009) - Darryl is a graduate student in History at the University of Notre Dame and an alumnus of Harvard University. Other than studying, teaching, and grading, he writes for The Bygone Bureau and the Notre Dame Observer, plays the trumpet, and still finds time to read on the side. His literary favorites include the short stories of J.D. Salinger, the essays of George Orwell, Philip Pullman, and, most recently, Richard Russo.

Stephen Wesley (2009) - Stephen is a Politics, Philosophy and Economics major at The King's College in Manhattan. He enjoys writing for the school paper and Patrol Magazine, an independent magazine based in New York, and he is Art Director for The Gadfly, a monthly journal associated with The King's College. When Stephen is not reading, writing, or attending classes, he can be found promoting HMO-free and humane farming practices as a Mennonite farm produce delivery person. A story on Stephen's life, as told from the perspective of his relationship with the indie rock band The Mountain Goats, was featured in a New York Magazine article in March, 2009. Stephen's favorite authors of all time are Joan Didion and Ray Bradbury, though he frequently enjoys reading Russian literature.

Stephen Mack (2009) - Stephen Mack is an art history major at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Originally from Long Island, he graduated from high school a semester early and spent several months working at the Poets House and the Poetry Society of America in New York City. This summer, Stephen will work at Camp Killooleet in Hancock, Vermont, where he has spent the past three summers. Stephen is an avid reader whose favorite authors include Alice McDermott, Frank Bidart, and Bill Peet. He's also a fan of the "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" series by Bernard Waber.

Madeline Meth (2009) - Madeline is a student at Brown University and is pursuing a double major in English and Political Science. She is a life long reader and believes strongly in the power of stories and books. When she had her tonsils out at the age of two, her Madeline doll also wore a hospital bracelet. Madeline enjoys reading, writing, traveling and watching baseball. Some of her favorite books include Emma, The Namesake, I Know this Much is True and The Accidental Tourist. She also loves the Harry Potter series. Right now, she is reading The Elegance of the Hedgehog and The Yankee Years.

Rachel Carroll (2008) - Rachel Carroll attends Carleton College, where she studies English. She enjoys her tutees at the Carleton Writing Center (The Write Place), Aikido training, and creating new theater with the Experimental Theater Board and Barbra Berlovitz of the Theatre.de la.Jeune Lune. When not on stage, she can be seen fabricating her own drama and eating really good bread. Last summer, she volunteered as an English teacher in a rural Indian school, and is currently selling notebooks designed by the students to raise money for teacher salaries. As a Medieval and Renaissance Studies minor, her literary favorites include Much Ado About Nothing, The Canterbury Tales, and other creations by dead, white, British men. However, Middlemarch, Emma, Matilda, and anything by Arundhati Roy also have special places on her bookshelf. Rachel has a weakness for believably quirky characters and witty narrators of all shapes and sizes.

Lucia Pizzo (2007-2008) - Lucia Pizzo attends Kenyon College where she majors in English. She can frequently be found in local coffee houses immersed either in a book or in the fascinating snippets of conversations from her fellow coffee drinkers (only occasionally eliciting suspicion among the patrons). Lucia will soon continue her studies and "human research" at the University of Exeter in southern England. Right now, she is reading Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, though not as a mere guise, and hopes to plant her own tree in that borough some day. Living on the banks of Lake Erie, Lucia finds herself looking at her thumb's width of Cleveland's skyline and imagining it as New York. Recently, she has read Anne Carson's If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho, continued with Thursday Next in her literary adventures as recorded by Jasper Fforde, and returned predictably to her love of Carl Phillips in all forms.

Jacqueline Kharouf (2007) - Jacqueline Kharouf is a writing major at Regis University. She is co-editor of the Opinions section of her campus newspaper, Highlander, and a writing consultant for the Regis College Writing Center. Jacqueline enjoys reading stories where realities can bend, where characters have something to learn. Her favorite authors include Don DeLillo, Chuck Palahniuk, Khaled Hosseini, Ward Just, Nicole Krauss, Gene Wilder, and her ultimate, Ernest Hemingway. As an intern at Prospect Agency, Jacqueline is excited to begin her journey into the literary world and eager to read the works of both new and experienced writers. Originally from Rapid City, SD, Jacqueline plans to attend graduate school in New York City. She plays the violin, draws, writes (constantly), and enjoys printmaking.

Greg Hunter (2007) - Greg Hunter attends Carleton College where he majors in American Studies. When not in class, he can be seen laying out The Carl, Carleton's arts and culture magazine, or heard on KRLX,the student radio station where he serves as Program Director. Other pursuits include amateur punk rock cover bands and cautious forays into sketch comedy. Greg is currently navigating Don DeLillo's Underworld, and counts Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire among his all-time favorites.

Anne Czernek (2007) - Anne Czernek is an English major at Carleton College, where she also edits the literary section of the campus newspaper, The Carl. Anne likes most kinds of fiction, from short stories to postmodern beasts to Regency romances. The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn is next on her reading list and with a planned senior thesis exploring the "narrative representations of the zeitgeist in seduction and romance novels," Anne joyfully anticipates much more romance reading in her future. Originally from Mukilteo, WA, Anne enjoys skiing, cooking, and observing other people's internet identities.

Alan Smith (2005-2006) - Alan Smith was born and raised in Nelson County, rural central Virginia, never far out of reach of a book. More recently, he graduated from Swarthmore College with a double major in English and History and set off to the big city to seek his fortunes. As a life long reader and writer, he hopes to contribute to the process of creativity while basking in the stream of cool new writers and enjoying that jolt of electricity that comes with a great undiscovered idea. He just finished reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and, when he isn't looking through submissions or trying his hand at radio and journalism, he enjoys Ultimate Frisbee.

Gabrielle Moss (2006) - Gabrielle Moss is a graduate of Hampshire College, a native of New England, and a freelance writer. When not evaluating manuscripts for Prospect Agency, she can be found drinking a strong cup of green tea, getting a high score at Simpsons pinball, or listening to Depeche Mode. Recent book purchases include: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, The Shroud of the Thwacker by Chris Elliott, and Serious Girls by Maxine Swann.