ALI ETERAZ is the author of the novel NATIVE BELIEVER (Akashic, 2016), a 2016 Summer Reading List Selection by O: The Oprah Magazine. He is the author of the coming-of-age memoir CHILDREN OF DUST (HarperCollins) and the surrealist short story collection FALSIPEDIES & FIBSIENNES (Guernica Editions).
Eteraz’s short fiction has appeared in the Chicago Quarterly Review, storySouth, and Crossborder, and his nonfiction has been highlighted by NPR, the New York Times, and the Guardian. Recently, Eteraz received the 3 Quarks Daily Arts & Literature Prize judged by Mohsin Hamid, and served as a consultant to the artist Jenny Holzer on a permanent art installation in Qatar.
Eteraz has lived in the Dominican Republic, Pakistan, the Persian Gulf, and A
Rowdy Geirsson is the author of The Scandinavian Aggressors and the translator of The Impudent Edda. His writing has appeared in Scandinavian Review and the Sons of Norway's Viking Magazine. He's also a regular contributor to McSweeney's Internet Tendency and a slew of other humor websites.
Dennis Gaunt has been an avid student of the scriptures for as long as he can remember. He's one of "those" people in the ward that knows how many weeks are left until the Isaiah lessons in Gospel Doctrine, and who counts down to them as if it is Christmas. He studied history and English literature at the University of Utah, and is always on the lookout for an opportunity to insert obscure pop culture references into normal conversations. He taught seminary and institute in CES for a number of years, where he gained an appreciation for the marvelous "youth of the noble birthright". He and his wife, Natalie, live in Utah with their obsessive/compulsive dog Biscuit. Feel free to say hi and trade pins if you see him in line at Space Mountain i
