Stanford Graphic Novel Project

The annual Stanford Graphic Novel Project involves 20 student writers, illustrators, and designers, taught by Adam Johnson, Tom Kealey, and Dan Archer. This year, Pika Don narrates the true story of Hiroshima/Nagasaki survivor Tsutomo Yamaguchi.

Selland, Eric

Eric Selland’s translations of Modernist and contemporary Japanese poets have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies. He is the author of The Condition of Music (Sink Press, 2000), and Inventions (Seeing Eye Books, 2007).

Kronfeld, Chana

Chana Kronfeld is the author of On the Margins of Modernism (1995). She is the co-translator (with Chana Bloch) of Yehuda Amichai's Open Closed Open (2002) and The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch (W.W. Norton, 2009).

Abu-Zeid, Kareem James

Kareem James Abu-Zeid’s translation of Sudanese author Tarek Eltayeb’s Cities without Palms, was published by the American University in Cairo Press in 2009, and his translation of Eltayeb’s The Palm House is forthcoming in 2011.

Zellerbach, Merla

Community activist Merla Zellerbach has been a panelist on ABC-TV’s Oh My Word, featured columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle (23 years), and Nob Hill Gazette editor (12 years). She’s written 13 books and numerous articles.

Burton, Gabrielle

Gabrielle Burton's new novel is Impatient with Desire: The Lost Journal of Tamsen Donner. She's also the author of the memoir Searching for Tamsen Donner, the novel Heartbreak Hotel, and the screenplay Manna From Heaven.

Gouw, Lian

Lian Gouw, author of Only A Girl, a novel, was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her work has appeared in several literary magazines and the 2006 anthology of the SF Writers Conference.

Stewart, Matt

Matt Stewart's debut novel, The French Revolution, has been called “wildly imaginative,” “brilliant,” and “an excellent achievement.”  He’s mildly infamous for releasing the novel on Twitter first. Grab his free FrenchRev iPhone app on matt-stewart.com.

Acosta, Marta

Marta Acosta is the author of the award-winning Casa Dracula books, including just released Haunted Honeymoon; Nancy's Theory of Style (as Grace Coopersmith); and The Shadow Girl of Birch Grove, to be published in 2012. martaacosta.com

Fitzgerald, Kathleen

Kathleen Fitzgerald is Senior Marketing Manager at Scribd. She is responsible for content promotions, trends, and author relations. Prior to joining Scribd, Kathleen worked at Google handling communications for YouTube TV, film, and music partnerships.

Molander, Hyla

Writer, photographer, mother of four, widow, and wife, Hyla Molander is currently working on her forthcoming memoir, Drop Dead Life: A Pregnant Widow’s Heartfelt and Often Comic Journey through Death, Birth, and Rebirth.

Bisson, Terry

Hugo- and Nebula-winning science fiction writer Terry Bisson authored "Bears Discover Fire," "They're Made out of Meat," Fire on the Mountain, and The Left Left Behind. He hosts the SF in SF monthly reading series.

Hirsch, Reece

Reece Hirsch's debut legal thriller The Insider touches upon government domestic surveillance in the wake of 9/11. Reece drew on his background as a partner in the San Francisco office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

Eisler, Barry

Barry Eisler’s bestselling thrillers draw on his experience in a covert position in the CIA and on his time as a technology lawyer and startup executive in Silicon Valley and Japan.

Bowen, Rhys

Rhys Bowen's books have won nine mystery awards, including both Agatha and Anthony awards. She currently writes the dark New York Molly Murphy books and the lighter Royal Spyness books about a penniless minor royal in the 1930s.

Yang, Belle

Belle Yang is the author of illustrated books for both adults and children. Forget Sorrow, published by W. W. Norton and Company, is her first graphic memoir.

Drooker, Eric

Eric Drooker designed the animation for the film Howl and collaborated with Ginsberg on their book Illuminated Poems. He most recently completed Howl: A Graphic Novel. His paintings appear on covers of The New Yorker.

Adiele, Faith

Faith Adiele’s work includes the PEN-award-winning memoir, Meeting Faith; the PBS documentary, My Journey Home; and the multicultural anthology, Coming Of Age Around The World. She is currently Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College.

Wanzer, Lyzette

Lyzette Wanzer is a native New Yorker now in San Francisco. She’s written for Potomac Review, Illumen, Specs, Pleiades, and Gender on Our Minds. She’s had writing residencies at Blue Mountain Center and Kimmel Harding Center for the Arts.

Stein, Melissa

Melissa Stein’s poetry collection Rough Honey won the 2010 APR/Honickman First Book Prize. Her work has appeared in Southern Review, Best New Poets 2009, New England Review, Harvard Review, and many other journals and anthologies.