Andrew Bales is a Wichita native, co-editor of Fractions Journal and lead coordinator of Wichita’s annual LIV Music Festival. He is studying toward an MFA in Creative Writing at WSU, where he was the 2009-2010 Barr fellow.
He has presented at national conferences on subjects including pop culture and aesthetics, as well as pedagogy and post-contemporary genres.
His writing can be found in editions of NANO Fiction, Touchstone, Johnny America and Fast Forward: an Anthology of Flash Fiction.
Mark Foley is Assistant Professor of Double Bass and Electric Bass, and Principal Double Bass in the Wichita Symphony Orchestra.
He has been a featured soloist with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. He also has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Heidelberg Castle Opera Festival, the Binghamton Symphony, the Minnesota Opera and also performs extensively as a jazz artist.
Tanya Tandoc is a chef, writer, artist and owner of Tanya's Soup Kitchen in Wichita.
When she is not piloting her soup ship, she teaches cooking classes, writes recipes, consults and is a food stylist for the restaurant industry. She is also a ceramicist, cellist and bellydancer.
She lives in Wichita with her husband, son, pug dogs and giant cats.
Beth Golay has been the marketing manager at Watermark Books & Cafe since 2001. Her favorite genre is literary fiction, but she also loves creative non-fiction and reading the classics she should have attempted a long time ago.
Her greatest reading accomplishment is a toss-up: Reading four books in one weekend (documented in January 2004) or completing the 1438 pages of Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo."
In addition to "reader" you can add "artist" and "runner" to her interest list. She's currently trying to run a marathon in every state. She has a long way to go.
