Susan Burton is the author of Empty, published by Random House, and the host of The Retrievals, a podcast from Serial and the New York Times. She is an editor at This American Life, where the episodes she’s produced include Ten Sessions, Five Women, and Tell Me I’m Fat. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Slate, The New Yorker, and others, and she is a former editor of Harper's. The film Unaccompanied Minors, which was directed by Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig, is based on one of her personal essays. Susan grew up in Michigan and Colorado, and she graduated from Yale in 1995. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their two sons.
Andrijka Keller is a writer and award-winning author of her debut memoir Thin, and I. She won her first literary contest in 5th grade at her local library and has been writing ever since. Her conversational and relaxed approach to storytelling has made her writings unique and approachable.
Currently, Andrijka lives in Philadelphia, PA, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Counseling. While writing is her first love, she does enjoy drinking black coffee, having lengthy discussions with her cat, yoga, and reading. She plans on eventually writing a novel.
