Zhu Yue, was born in Beijing in 1977. He had practiced as a lawyer before becoming an editor. As Paper Republic puts it, “China is not short of writers who swear fealty to Borges, but Zhu Yue is one of the few whose work has philosophical weight to substantiate the metafictional trimmings.” To date, he has published four collections: The Blindfolded Traveler, Masters of Sleep, Chaos of Fiction, and Running Wild.

Alyssa Asquith is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her stories have appeared in The Adroit Journal, X-R-A-Y, HAD, Atticus Review, Okay Donkey, and elsewhere. She is currently working on a novel.

Jianan Qian is a bilingual writer from China. She has published four original works in her native language, Chinese. In English, her works have appeared in Granta, The New York Times, The LA Times, The Millions. She also translates and draws. Currently, she teaches creative writing at Towson University in Maryland.