Alicia Gonzalez graduated with a B.Sc. in Nursing. She is currently living in historical Fort Langley and works as a Diabetes Nurse Educator. She has an appreciation for all things art and in her spare time enjoys photography, coffee shops, outdoor adventures and good books.
			Alissa Kloet is finishing her final year at NSCAD University in Halifax. Suburban sprawl makes her nervous. al-issa.tumblr.com
			Darian Kovacs is a member of the Development team at This Great Society. He grew up in Tsawwassen, BC and now spends his time between Cloverdale and Gastown. He enjoys peanut butter cups and lifting up rocks on the ocean shore.
			Jenny Hawkinson recently graduated from Trinity Western University with a BA in Visual Arts. She now lives in Vancouver and is learning the ropes of being a little artist in the big city. Her preferred styles range from painting and assemblage to guerrilla style public artwork. jhawk-art.blogspot.com
			Jim Boraas is Art Director at This Great Society. He has a BFA from Emily Carr University and works as a freelance photographer and web designer in Vancouver. jimboraas.com
			Joel Bentley is the Managing Editor of This Great Society. He is an amateur photographer, an able cook, and an avid reader. He also has a somewhat aggravating addiction to alliteration. joeldbentley.tumblr.com
			Kristin Fryer is Copy Editor at This Great Society. She has recently completed an M.A. in philosophy and literature at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. She tweets about writing editing, and publishing trends at @KristinFryer.
			Leah Murphy (formerly Albertson) lives in Santa Monica, California, where she works in marketing for the popular TOMS Shoes company. She's a photographer and designer whose favourite medium is a disposable camera. She also loves road trips. flickr.com/photos/lalbe
			Linette Schut is Chief Copy Editor at This Great Society. She is trying to put her Honours Psychology degree to use in the northern B.C. village of Burns Lake. She blogs at northernsimplelife.wordpress.com
			Linnea McNally is Nonfiction Editor at This Great Society. Equipped with an MA in English (SFU), she is currently earning her BEd. Linnea co-founded TWU's [spaces] and has published in journals like Cirque and Ampersand. She also researches dead ladies for The Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory.
			Mark Gunderson lives in Portland, OR. He earned a BA in Fine Arts and Art History from Portland State University and an MAT from George Fox University. He loves spending time with his wife and four kids who constantly inspire his art. markjamesgunderson.blogspot
			Nels Hanson has worked as a farmer, teacher, and contract writer/editor. His fiction received the San Francisco Foundation’s James D. Phelan Award, and his stories have appeared in Antioch Review, Texas Review, Black Warrior Review, Southeast Review, Montreal Review, and other journals.
			Patrick O. Strickland received a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from University of North Texas. He is working toward an MA in Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University. He writes both fiction and nonfiction, and travels in and writes about politically tense areas on his blog, patrickostrickland.com
			Seth Oglesby lives in Seattle, WA. He plays the drums, enjoys traveling, and loves the great outdoors.
			Sharon Bala earns her keep by writing about healthcare and medicine. The rest of the time she writes about the voices in her head. A member of the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador, she is working on a collection of short fiction tentatively titled Legs Dangling Out.
			Simon Perchik is an attorney whose poems have appeared in Partisan Review, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. For more information, including his essay “Magic, Illusion and Other Realities” and a complete bibliography, please visit his website at simonperchik.com.
			The Seabeast Has Hands is Austin Foxley, James Rempt, and Seth Oglesby. They live in Seattle, WA. Find more of their music at: soundcloud.com/the-seabeast-has-hands
			Thea Tambogon gets by with a little help from video games and 4-hour naps. She is currently completing her last year of high school and intends to travel Europe instead of taking the conventional route of university. She also lost her soul to 9gag.
			Veronica Collins is Editor-in-Chief of This Great Society. She is a writer, an editor, and very occasionally an artist. In addition to her freelance work, Veronica is a communications professional who works in Vancouver, BC.
			Will Jameson is Poetry Editor and Development Manager at This Great Society. He holds a degree in creative writing from the University of Washington in Seattle. When he is not fundraising or grant writing, he tries to put poetry and fiction on paper.