Max Regan is the author of the poetry collection Take. He is the founder of Hollowdeck Press LLC, and teaches poetry, prose, memoir and experimental writing. Max has been teaching in Prague for over ten years through annual writing journeys. He also founded and taught in the inaugural Naropa study abroad program here in Prague. He sponsors writing guilds in Boulder, Baltimore and Houston, and has taught and lectured at the University of Colorado, Colorado State University and Naropa University.

Lisa Birman is the author of the poetry collection for that return passage - A Valentine for the United States of America, and co-editor of the anthology Civil Disobediences - Poetry and Politics in Action. Lisa is the Director of the Summer Writing Program at Naropa University's Summer Writing Program and teaches poetry, prose, hybrid writing, and collaboration. She was the writing faculty for Naropa's Study Abroad Program in Prague from 2005-2007.

Louis Armand was born in Sydney and since 1994 has lived in Prague. He is the author of two volumes of prose fiction and has authored and edited a dozen volumes of non-fiction, including Contemporary Poetics (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2007). His poetry has appeared in Meanin, Sulfur, New York Quarterly, as well as The Best Australian Poems 2008 and the Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry. His most recent collections include Picture Primitive (2006), Strange Attractors (2003) and Malice in Underland (2003).

Christopher Crawford was born in Glasgow in 1974. He studied Mechanical and Offshore Engineering at Robert Gordon University after which he worked on various oil platforms and seismic vessels in the Gulf of Mexico where the harsh extremes influenced much of his work. He has been published in The Prague Revue and other literary journals, been invited to read his work at international poetry festivals and hosted a reading series in Prague for two years. He lives and works in Prague. 

Stephan Delbos is a New England-born poet living in Prague, where he teaches at the Anglo-American University and edits The Prague Revue. His poetry and essays have appeared internationally, most recently in Rain Taxi, Born Magazine, Poetry International, Zoland Poetry and various anthologies, including Against Agamemnon: Anti-War Poetry.

Willie Watson is originally from Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He has lived in New York City, Seattle and Los Angeles, as well as Israel, France (Paris), England (London) and Wales. He majored in linguistics and journalism. In addition to English, he speaks Czech, French, Spanish, and a little bit of a few other languages. He is the author of 5 books of poetry. "Tarot Poems," which will be available in hardback shortly, is the first to actually be published. The others are "Poems from Prague", "The Guru Kalehuru and Other Poems", "Four Syllables on Water" and "The Alchemist's Notebook". He has lived in Prague since 1998 and manages Watson's School of English.

R. Adriel Vasquez comes from the sticks sand dirt ocean cactus of South Texas. He has lived with his wife in Prague for almost three years. He is a writer and DJ, and studies Humanities, Society & Culture at Anglo-American University. He is currently at work on several projects.

Carmen Burcea Haber was born in Romania, has worked as a model, an actress, a PR person, a costume designer and a stylist in fashion. Since leaving Bucharest following the overthrow of Ceausescu, she has lived in Rome, LA and Prague. In 2002 she wrote “Last Bus to Baghdad” a true account of her surprising and harrowing adventures in 1990 during a trip to Iraq. Subsequently she began writing fiction, and has prolifically written over thirty short stories and four children’s books to date.

Ken Nash in Korean ( ? ??) mean "he who swallows swords." Originally from the U.S., Ken has lived in Prague since 2001. He is the founder of the Alchemy Reading & Performance Series, which takes place on the first Monday of each month. His short fiction has appeared in The Prague Revue, Bordercrossing-Berlin and X-24, an international anthology of contemporary short fiction. In addition to writing short fiction, Ken is a visual artist and musician/song writer. His music CD "Magic Squirrels" will be released in May 2009.

Jan (Stanislav) Nemejovský is an actor, translator, and, until March 2009, university lecturer, born in Prague. In 1968 he left for Britain to study Drama and Theatre Arts, and Russian Studies at Birmingham University. He worked as a technician in Czech National Theater before completing History and Theory of Theater, and English Studies at Charles University. His acting career began in basic school, and continued throughout gymnasium and university (Birmingham Repertory Theatre). Later he worked in Komedie Theater in Prague, smaller theater groups, and Czechoslovak Radio Interprogramme (focusing on broadcasting, news-reading, and voice-overs). From 1987 until 2008 he appeared in more than 100 movies and TV shows, mostly in foreign productions and co-productions (working with famous directors and actors both Czech and international). His translation work includes theater plays, screen plays, subtitles, dialogue adaptations, and fiction. Jan Nemejovsky is also an author of song lyrics, several screen plays, and theater plays (not yet published).

Jan Nemejovský read the stories by Carmen Burcea Haber.

Christopher Crawford was born in Glasgow in 1974. He studied Mechanical and Offshore Engineering at Robert Gordon University after which he worked on various oil platforms and seismic vessels in the Gulf of Mexico where the harsh extremes influenced much of his work. He has been published in The Prague Revue and other literary journals, been invited to read his work at international poetry festivals and hosted a reading series in Prague for two years. He lives and works in Prague.

Stephan Delbos is a New England-born poet living in Prague, where he teaches at the Anglo-American University and edits The Prague Revue. His poetry and essays have appeared internationally, most recently in Rain Taxi, Born Magazine, Poetry International, Zoland Poetry and various anthologies, including Against Agamemnon: Anti-War Poetry.

Elizabeth Gross is a poet and artist who recently returned to New Orleans after living in Prague for a spell. Her poems have appeared in the New Orleans Review and the Prague Revue, and are forthcoming in Versal, and her visual art has been exhibited in Prague, New Orleans, and New York.

Justin Quinn was born in Dublin in 1968 and educated there at Trinity College. He is the author of Gathered Beneath the Storm: Wallace Stevens, Nature and Community (2002), American Errancy: Empire, Sublimity and Modern Poetry (2005) and The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry, 1800-2000 (2008). He has also published four books of poetry, most recently, Waves & Trees (Gallery, 2006). With David Wheatley, he was a founding editor of the Irish poetry magazine, Metre. His translations of the Czech poet Petr Borkovec, From the Interior, appear in 2008 from Seren. Justin Quinn is Associate Professor of American and English Literature at Charles University. He also lectures at the Department of English, Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Western Bohemia. He is a contributing editor of Contemporary Poetry Review. In 2007 he was Distinguished Visiting Professor at Villanova University, Pennsylvania.

Lucien Zell was born in California, raised in Seattle, but has lived the past 15 years in Europe. His poems have appeared in various magazines including The New Orleans Review, The Liberal, The Prague Revue, and Cafe Irreal. Four collections of his poetry have been published in Prague: The Sad Cliffs of Light (1998), Eden's Midnight Playground (2003), Bright Secrets (2006), and The Road of Wind (2008). Zell is currently writing lyrics for several musical projects (Jazz, Rock, Classical, and Folk) and is the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Wavemen.