Edward O'Dwyer is from Limerick, Ireland, and has poetry published in journals throughout the world, including The Forward Book of Poetry (2015). His debut collection, The Rain on Cruise's Street (2014) and his second, Bad News, Good News, Bad News (2017) are published by Salmon Poetry. His work has been nominated for Pushcart, Forward and Best of the Web Prizes and he has read for Poetry Ireland's Introductions Series.
Diana Blackwell is a self-taught artist in Berkeley, California. She works in charcoal, acrylics, collage, printmaking, and watercolor. She belongs to the East Bay Figure Painters. She has shown work all over the Bay Area and has illustrated books and stories. Her online gallery is www.zhibit.org/diana_blackwell.