Monica Woelfel
MONICA WOELFEL is a third-generation Californian and legend has it that her great-grandfather made shoes for famed train robber Black Bart. She’s written in almost every form you can imagine: non-fiction articles, creative non-fiction, screenplays, stage plays, fiction and poetry. She’s been an organic farmer, a cob house builder, an interpretive naturalist, and a lab technician as well as a reporter, editor and writer. Monica holds a BA in biology from Swarthmore College and an MFA in creative writing.

Lisa Wojna
LISA WOJNA has worked in the community newspaper industry as a writer and journalist and has travelled all over Canada, from the windy prairies of Manitoba to northern British Columbia, and even to the wilds of Africa. Although writing and photography have been a central part of her life for as long as she can remember, it’s the people behind every story that are her motivation and give her the most fulfillment.