Rebecca Rourke-Mooney lives in the Shawangunk Mountains of New York's Hudson River Valley. A teacher of literature and yoga by day and a porch-sitter by night, she finds inspiration in the natural world, her musician/librarian husband, and her spiritual journey. She has received the Academy of American Poets Prize from Union College and the Audre Lorde Poetry Prize from Russell Sage College.
Rhys Lawson is a young writer living in Mid-Wales. He writes not only poetry but also prose and songs and loves to mix them all together. There is nothing quite like poetic speech and description in modern lyric and prose, he thinks! Rhys tries to express through each poem emotions and how they change.
Richard Lane is originally from Stockport in Manchester. He studies English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He enjoys all kinds of writing though primarily focusses on prose. He is afraid of wasps.
Heather Schimel is originally from New York. She has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Oswego. One day she was swept off her feet and onto an airplane. She now lives by the Mexican border in Arizona, collects insects in an old bean jar, and wears sunglasses year-round. She dedicates everything she does to JNB, which is mostly writing, but also occasionally boot-shining, being a kayak-partner, and loving forever.
Rebecca Turney is a graduate from Hampshire, England who is training to become a drama teacher. Although her main interests in writing lie in scriptwriting, she often dabbles with all style poetry and prose.