Melissa Chadburn’s writing has appeared in the
Los Angeles Times, the
New York Times Book Review, the
New York Review of Books,
the
Paris Review Daily,
The Best American Food Writing, and many other publications. Her extensive reporting on the child welfare system appears in the Netflix docuseries
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez. Chadburn is a worker lover and through her own labor and literary citizenship strives to upend economic violence. Her mother taught her how to sharpen a pencil with a knife and she’s basically been doing that ever since. She is a PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of Southern California and lives in greater Los Angeles.
Kelsey Navarro grew up in Las Vegas with a background in film, singing, and acting. She narrates anything from self-help to erotica. In her spare time, she reads voraciously and enjoys listening to a good podcast or audiobook. She worked in management for over nine years and nerds out over personal development, superheroes, and really great food.