Martha Bayne has worked in Chicago journalism and publishing for 30 years. Currently a senior acquisitions editor at the University of Illinois Press, she has written a narrative cookbook, has edited three acclaimed anthologies of nonfiction writing about Chicago and the Midwest, and her reported work and essays have been published in many local and ... Read more

Sunday, September 7th 5pm CT - North Stage Lynn Sloan is the author of two novels, Midstream (Fomite 2022) and Principles of Navigation (Fomite 2015), and the story collection This Far Isn’t Far Enough (Fomite 2018). Fortune Cookies, a fine art book of her flash fiction was produced by Lark Sparrow Press in 2022. Her ... Read more

Sunday, September 7th 5pm CT - Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage Kevin Davis is an award-winning journalist, author and magazine editor based in Chicago. He is the author of three non-fiction books: The Wrong Man, Defending the Damned and The Brain Defense. Davis has also authored eight nonfiction children’s books. His writing has appeared ... Read more