Roxane Gay’s writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. She is the bestselling author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist, Difficult Women and Hunger. She is also the author of World of Wakanda for Marvel. She has several books forthcoming and is also at work on television and film projects.

Debbie Millman, named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, she is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters.

Award-winning actress, screenwriter, and author of the critically-acclaimed memoir, I Am Yours, soon to be a movie. Zaman is the 2018 Oregon Writer of Color Fellow, her work has been in The New York Times, Vogue, The Guardian, Salon, among others, and her forthcoming books are the feminist dystopian saga, Paramita.

Deborah Kampmeier is an award-winning filmmaker. "Tape" is her fourth feature film. Deborah's first feature “Virgin,” starring Elisabeth Moss and Robin Wright was nominated for two 2004 Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Actress for Elisabeth Moss and the John Cassavetes Award. Her second feature, “Hounddog,” starring Dakota Fanning and Robin Wright was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Deborah’s third feature, “SPLit,” won Best of Show at the 2016 Female Eye Film Festival and was nominated for the Independent Vision Best Film at the 2016 Sarasota Film Festival. Kampmeier made her television directorial debut on Ava DuVernay’s critically acclaimed series “Queen Sugar” in 2019 and followed immediately with two episodes of DuVernay's new series "Cherish the Day." Deborah is prepping her next feature “Dirt Rhapsody,” as well as her limited series "Pilgrim"s Wilderness."