J.S. Kierland is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the Yale Drama School, and has been resident writer at places like Brandeis University, Lincoln Center, Los Angeles Actor's Theatre, and others. He has hit the sixty short stories published mark, and recently released a book of 15 of those stories. He lives somewhere in the mountains of Arizona with a bird feeder and a Yankee baseball hat. He also has an e-book novella out this year, "Hard To Learn" (Underground Voices).
John Barrows is the art advisor for Imitation Fruit. He enjoys doing illustrations for the journal because it lets him have fun and be creative. You can see more of his work at: www.barrowsart.com.