MARK NEPO,  #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awakening, Nepo has published twenty-four books and recorded fifteen audio projects. His books have won numerous awards and have been translated into more than twenty languages. In 2015, he was given a Life-Achievement Award by Age Nation. In 2016, he was name by Watkins Mind Body Spirit Magazine as one of the 100 Most Spiritually influential Living People. He continues to offer readings, lectures, and retreats.

MARY LANE POTTER is the author of the historical theological study John Calvin’s Perspectival Anthropology, the midrashic novel A Woman of Salt (a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection), the story collection Strangers and Sojourners, the memoir Seeking God and Losing the Way: Revolution of the Heart, and the recently published essay collection The Body Leads the Way: Ritual, Liminality, and Imagination. Her stories and essays have appeared in SUFI Journal, Parabola, Image, River Teeth, Tablet, and many other journals. After receiving her PhD in theology from the University of Chicago Divinity School and serving as a professor of historical and constructive theology in several Christian seminaries, she converted to Judaism at the age of 40 and left academia. She then turned to writing fiction and creative nonfiction, earned an MFA, and taught creative writing for the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, Hugo House in Seattle, and the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. She’s always looking for new ways to bear witness in words to that which cannot be contained in words: the wondrous life of spirit in our midst.

JENI COUZYN, blend of several nationalities and of many identities, is a feminist anthologist as well as a poet. She is the Founder/Director of the Bethesda Foundation, a project working with Bushman people in the Great Karoo region in southern Africa. She has published twelve books of poetry and two books for children in the UK, Canada and South Africa.

CHRIS HOFFMAN is the author of The Hoop and the Tree: A Compass for Finding a Deeper Relationship with All Life (ecopsychology/ spirituality) and three books of poetry: Cairns, Realization Point, and On the Way. A retired consultant and professional counselor, Chris now devotes most of his non-writing time to volunteer work for a livable climate.

ANNOUCHKA BAYLEY is an Associate Professor at Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Her first novel The Blood Countess, came out in 2023.

RAPHAEL BLOCK is the author of several books of poetry, including Spangling Darkness and most recently, Strings of Shining Silence: Earth Love Poems. His work speaks to Earth's call for a heartfelt response to our ecological crisis. Born on a kibbutz, Raphael spent his boyhood playing on the hills of Haifa. His family later returned to London, where learning British English shaped his ear for sound. He currently lives and writes in Northern California.