Stephanie Manova strives to read, write, and publish work that lights a spark in her mind. She sells translation, audio, and film rights for Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press. Her fiction explores themes of personal liberation, mental freedom, and connection. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Boston University and a certificate in manuscript editing from the University of Chicago.

Astraea d’Orée is a writer, poet, and songwriter of spiritual, personal, and emotional forms of meaning. A believer in radical self-acceptance, she works as a counselor and ritualist, facilitating others in the discovery of their deeper truths and sparking evolutionary change. Holding a B.A. in French literature and an M.A. in global studies, her aim is to distill and share purpose and progress from the rich weave of Earthly life in all its forms.