Alexis Stamatis (born 1960) is the author of fourteen books: eight novels and novellas as well as six collections of poetry. Stamatis received his education in Greece and the U.K., at the Greek National University (Mathematics), the National Technical University of Athens (Architecture), the Architectural Association School of Architecture (Graduate School) in London, and the Polytechnic of Central London. Diane Thiel is the author of six books of poetry, nonfiction and creative writing pedagogy. She has published hundreds of poems and prose pieces in numerous important publications such as Poetry, The Hudson Review, and Best American Poetry 1999, and her poetry, prose, and translations are re-printed in over 30 major anthologies.