Eugenia Coker holds a PhD in Linguistics. For several years, she was the chair in the Department of Linguistics, Fourah Bay College. She is currently heading a religious organization in Freetown.

Gbanabom Hallowell has recently published a collection of poems, My Immigrant Blood. He is the author of a collection of novellas, The Lust of Cain, and another book of poetry, Drumbeats of War.

Yema Lucilda Hunter: born in Freetown, Sierra Leone 1943, and attended the Annie Walsh Memorial School and various institutions in the UK. She is a professional Medical Librarian and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals of the UK. She was librarian, WHO Regional Office for Africa in Congo Brazzaville for ten years after working at the Connaught Hospital Library for fifteen years. She is the author of two novels, The Road to Freedom and Bittersweet. She currently lives in Accra, Ghana.

Brian James was born in Nigeria of Sierra Leonean parentage, lived in England, the Gambia, and currently in Sierra Leone. “On the Road to Godiva” is a story by Brian James that appeared in the anthology, The Book of Voices.

Moses Kainwo was born in 1955 and is married with two daughters. He attended the Centennial Secondary School and later the Methodist Boys' High School. He graduated from Fourah Bay College with an Honours degree in English Language and Literature. He is a Methodist Minister but presently works with World Vision Sierra Leone Programme. He enjoys reading and writing poetry and has jointly edited an anthology of Sierra Leonean Poetry entitled Songs that Pour the Heart.

Alpha Bedoh Kamara works as a journalist in Freetown.

Kosonike Koso-Thomas was recently decorated with the award of Grand Officer of the Republic of Sierra Leone. An engineer by profession, Koso-Thomas was vice chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone. Koso-Thomas is an established artist and has written a large number of poems as well as an interesting volume describing the development of a University during his years as Vice Chancellor. Kosonike Koso-Thomas is currently Chairman and Managing Director of Techsult and Co., a firm of International Consulting Engineers, and an Emeritus Professor. He is the author Swimming Against the Tide.

Oumar Farouk Sesay born in Masingbi in the Tonkolili District in the north of the country attended the Magburaka government secondary school for boys, and later studied philosophy and political science at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. His poems have appeared in two anthologies, Songs That Pour the Heart and Lice in the Lion’s Mane. He now works in the private sector, and is actively involved in the country’s literary programs.

Mohamed Gibril Sesay grew up in Crojimmy, Eastern Freetown. He was educated at the Muslim Congress Boy’s Secondary School and Fourah Bay College. He is currently a lecturer at Fourah Bay College, and a private consultant.

James Barnard Taylor grew up in Freetown and studied French, Sociology, and History at Fourah Bay College. He is currently an information specialist with the United States Embassy in Freetown.