Carol (pictured right): I've been writing fiction since 1972; I have three novels published – Aquamarine, Seven Moves, and Lucky in the Corner. I am just finishing a novel called Carry the One. Now and then I also write stories, two of which have been included in Best American Short Stories. I have also been teaching fiction writing. For the past 11 years I've done this in the MFA in Writing Program at the School of the Art Institute.

Jessie: Newspaper photographer; special education teacher; currently working in conjunction with Black Cat Productions [Sharon Zurek] on a documentary called Whaddaya...Drunk?: Living With Huntington's Disease, about a friend who suffers with Huntington's Disease.