Alena Dillon

Alena Dillon is the author of the novels Mercy House, which has been optioned for a television show by Amy Schumer; The Happiest Girl in the World, a Good Morning America pick; and Eyes Turned Skyward, as well as the memoir My Body Is A Big Fat Temple. Her essays have appeared in publications including The Daily Beast, The Rumpus, The Huffington Post, LitHub, and BookTrib.

Dan Frank

Dan Frank is an Assistant Professor of TV & Film Production at Endicott College. He has created a wide variety of TV and film programs. His narrative and documentary work has screened at numerous film festivals, including Big Sky, Woodstock, Independent Film Festival Boston, and Slamdance. TV projects include a series about American architecture on PBS and programming that has aired on Discovery, FOX, Amazon, NBCUniversal, HGTV, DIY, and TLC. He has also produced independent films written by first-time directors.

Lara Salahi

Lara Salahi is an award-winning journalist, author, and professor at Endicott College. She is the founder of the Massachusetts News Service, one of the region's leading news-academic partnerships for community journalism, and her reporting has appeared in outlets including ABC News, The Boston Globe, Medscape, USA Today, and The Washington Post. Salahi brings deep experience in reporting, storytelling, and mentoring emerging journalists to the Young Journalists Workshop, where she helps students build the skills and confidence to tell stories that matter. She is the author of two book: Outbreak Culture, and News-Academic Partnerships.

Daniel Sklar

Daniel Sklar teaches Creative Writing at Endicott College and has been published in the Harvard Review, English Journal, Beat Scene, and the New York Quarterly, among others. His books include Flying Cats, Hack Writer, and Bicycles, Canoes, Drums. His play, Lycanthropy, was performed at the Boston Theater Marathon in 2012 and was reviewed in The Boston Globe. He rides a bicycle to work.

Laurie Stolarz

Laurie Stolarz is the author of 18 young adult novels, including the Dark House series and the Touch series, both published by Disney Books, as well as the bestselling Blue is for Nightmares series. With over 1 million books sold worldwide, Stolarz’s titles have been translated into 30 languages, developed into podcast series, and optioned for TV. Her most recent title is The Last Secret You'll Ever Keep, a companion book to Jane Anonymous, which was named a Best Book by Kirkus and included on several state and regional award lists. Additionally, Stolarz is a scriptwriter, with work in podcasting, TV, and film, including Fictionz, The Hideaway Entertainment, and Full Body Chills.

Elizabeth Winthrop

Elizabeth Winthrop is the author of four novels: The Mercy Seat (Grove Atlantic, 2018), Fireworks and December with Knopf, and The Why of Things with Simon and Schuster. In addition to her novels, she has written short fiction for Wind, The Evansville Review, The Missouri Review, The Red Rock Review, and Indiana Review. She lives in Gloucester, Mass., with her husband and daughter, and she is an Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing at Endicott College.