Anneli Matheson has an MCS in Interdisciplinary Studies from Regent College. When she isn’t working, writing or reading, she and Cody, her husband, love having people over for dinner.
			Brendan Ritchie is muddling his way through a PhD in philosophy. He would probably also have been happy to make a career of writing funny travel stories, but has not yet received any offers.
			Caroline Weaver is a self taught painter working out of Vancouver, BC.
			D. A. Weiss is a communications professional in Vancouver, B.C. who enjoys escaping into the worlds of Raphael Sabatini, Cormac McCarthy, and Townes Van Zandt.
			Daniel DeRegt danielderegt.com is a graduate of the Emily Carr University Photography Program. He lives and works in Vancouver.
			Dawn Watkins lives in the dustbowl of Texas. When not working as a 9-1-1 operator she likes to take road trips to very random places and stay in haunted hotels. She and the Editor-in-Chief created their first writing group twenty years ago. A running theme of their work was heroic children who save themselves.
			Deb Couch lives in northern B.C. with her husband Mark and daughters Emma, 2, and Noelle, 1. She craves time with family and the great outdoors.
			Fraser Martens is a Vancouver ex-patriate currently exiled to Moscow, Idaho, where he's working on the fourth year of a liberal arts degree that will make him Canada's best-read fry cook. He likes the Vancouver Canucks, roaring fires on rainy afternoons, and perogies, preferably enjoyed together.
			Heidi Nagtegaal heidi-nagtegaal.com Heidi Nagtegaal has been “headbanding” and “braceleting” people since 2004. To date, over 2000 bracelets and 3000 headbands have been made, and gifted. Heidi Nagtegaal lives and works in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
			James Moes jamesmoes.com loves photographing people who can embrace the absurdity and the intimacy of the camera. He’s learned a lot, but knows he still has more to learn. He, his camera, lovely wife Katherine and newborn son Moses reside in Seattle, WA.
			Jeannette Gysbers is on maternity leave from her job as Programs Director for Global Forest Watch Canada. She has a BSc (Environmental Science) and loves to dabble in arty stuff; she also enjoys yoga and belly-dancing. When she grows up, she wants to be a doula – maybe even a midwife.
			Jim Boraas jimboraas.com is the Design & Web Editor for This Great Society. He has a BFA from Emily Carr University and works as a freelance creative in Vancouver.
			Joel Bentley joelbentley.wordpress.com is the Managing & Design Editor of This Great Society. He wears many hats, most of them grey. His work has appeared in Vancouver Magazine, BC Business, and Patrol Mag, among others.
			Kristin Fryer is a writer and an editor living in Vancouver, BC. She spends most of her free time reading and contemplating the benign indifference of the universe.
			Leah Rachel Albertson flickr.com/photos/lalbe Growing up in the NW created her insatiable appetite for beauty, now she looks for it in Santa Monica, CA. Some other favorites: grey scale, TOMS Shoes, RISENchurch & the occasional vanilla milkshake.
			Linnea McNally is an English MA student at Simon Fraser University. She likes to think about the layering of visual and literary texts. See how she puts one piece atop another at linneaelynn.wordpress.com.
			m&a (Mindy Heins & Alma Visscher) currently reside in Edmonton Alberta where they make images, destroy books, and whittle branches.
			Ryan Walter Wagner indivisionnetwork.com/~ryanwagn moved 15 times and attended 8 different schools by the time he was 19, and finally settled on Vancouver as his home town. He studied photography at Langara College and in various vans cramped with musicians and friends roaming around North America getting by any way they could.
			Sarah Gackle received her MA in Literature at Auburn University in Alabama. She lives in a small farming community in rural North Dakota with her husband, Jordan, and daughter, Alice.
			Shari-Anne Gibson shariannegibson.com lives in Vancouver and makes paintings and drawings and mobiles and occasionally writes poems. She received a BFA in Toronto and then flew back to the Pacific ocean to stay for a while. She likes pygmy hippopotamuses and when people sing while walking or biking.
			Sharon Garrard splits her identity between her home country of Canada, and England where she currently teaches English Literature to unwilling teenagers. She tries to use language and literature as a kind of metaphysical glue to paste her fragmented and complex thoughts together.
			Veronica Collins veronicacollins.blogspot.com is Editor-in-Chief of This Great Society. She is a writer, editor, and very occasionally an artist. In addition to her freelance work, Veronica is a professional writer at the University of British Columbia.