Ania Dobrzanska is a corrections expert and practioner with a long record of professional publications. She is also a published writer of fiction. Dobrzanska's award-winning short story, "Dances with Dragons: Memories of the Hole," appears in The Crying Wall, a book she co-editied. (Lady Liberty)

Christopher Dum is a Master's student at American University studying Justice and Public Policy.  His poem, "Hey, CO", and his short story, "The Monument", were published in Tacenda Literary Magazine. "The Monument" was issued as a BleakHouse Chapbook. (The Monument)

Samanth Dunn is an undergraduate honors student at American University, majoring in Political Science and Philospohy. She plans to attend law school after graduation. (Lady Liberty)

Robert Johnson is a professor of justice, law and society at American University.  He is the author of two original collections of poems, Poetic Justice: Reflections on the Big House, the Death House, and the American Way of Justice, winner of the L.I.F.E. Award from WilloTrees Press; and Burnt Offerings: Poems on Crime and Punishment.  His poems and stories have appeared in Admit2, The American Review, Black Bear Review, The National Catholic Reporter, Carnelian, CMC (Crime Media Culture), Dan River Anthology, Lifelines, Pleasant Living Magazine, Tacenda Literary Magazine and Wild Violet.  His short story, “The Practice of Killing,” won the Wild Violet Fiction Contest for 2003.  Other works of fiction include Justice Follies: Parody from Planet Prison and The Crying Wall, which he edited. His best known work of social science—Death Work: A Study of the Modern Execution Process—won the Outstanding Book Award of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. (Burnt Offerings; Cell Buddy; Lady Liberty)

Thaïs Miller is an undergraduate honors student at American University majoring in Literature and minoring in Music Performance.  Her fiction, including poetry, short stories and an award-winning play, has appeared in several venues, including Tacenda Literary Magazine, Burnt Offerings, Admit2, AMLit, and Bleak House Review. Her novella, Our Machinery, was serialized in Predicate and will be published by Brown Paper Publishing. (Lady Liberty; The Price is Wrong)

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