Boyd W. Chubbs
Boyd Chubbs was born in the Labrador community of L’Anse Au Clair. Among his accomplishments are several books of poetry, a number of art exhibits, and two original-guitar recordings. He currently lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

Ray Guy
Ray was born in Come By Chance, Newfoundland, and has enjoyed a colourful career as a journalist, playwright, actor and satirist. He is a recipient of the Leacock Medal for Humour for his book, That Far Greater Bay. Ray also won a National Newspaper Award, and in 2001 was awarded an honourary doctorate by Memorial University. Ray lives in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s with his wife, Kathie.

Elliott Leyton
Elliot is one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most distinguished authors and scholars. His books include The Myth of Delinquency, Hunting Humans, Men of Blood and Touched by Fire. He is professor emeritus at Memorial University in Newfoundland, and holds research and faculty appointments in Ireland and England.

Robin McGrath
Robin has published numerous books in and about Newfoundland, including a collection of poems, Escaped Domestics, which won the Henry Fuerstenberg Poetry Prize, one of the Canadian Jewish Book Awards.  Her novel Donovan’s Station was shortlisted for the Canada/Caribbean region of the prestigious Commonwealth Book Award.  She is the author of two young adult novels, including Hoist Your Sails and Run which was a Children’s Book Centre Choice for 1999.  Robin has also won numerous Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Awards in four different categories and is well known as a radio commentator and essayist.

Sheilagh O'Leary
Sheilagh O’Leary is an award-winning art photographer from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has appeared in numerous art journals and publications such as the Globe and Mail, Arts Atlantic, and the Newfoundland Quarterly. O’Leary received her art education through Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Art, Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Rockport Maine Workshops. Her passion for studying human nature drives her to produce striking collections of black and white nudes and portraits, with an intimate exploration of the her subjects and their relationship to the Newfoundland landscape. Human Natured is her most recent showing in a photographic career spanning seventeen years.

Paul O'Neill
Paul was born in 1928, St John's, Newfoundland, Paul O'Neill graduated from the National Academy of Theatre Arts in New York in 1948, and was a professional actor in the U.S. and England until 1954, when he became a CBC producer. He retired in 1986 as executive producer of performance programming. He was the founding president of the Newfoundland Writers' Guild, and has been a volunteer with over fifty organizations, frequently serving as President or Chair. He has also lectured part time at Memorial University. Today he continues to write and is frequently called on as a guest speaker. In 2004 his contributions to St. John's were recognized with a Freedom of the City award.

Daniel Woodley-Prowse
Daniel (1834-1914) was born in Port de Grave, Newfoundland. He practiced law in St. John’s before being appointed as a traveling circuit judge. In the 1870s he wrote a manual for magistrates, as well as a leading critic of the privileged classes who controlled the economy and politics of Newfoundland.  When Prowse published A History of Newfoundland it became an instant classic. The depth of research, combined with a proficient writing style, spurred demand for his book. Its popularity has not waned over the following decades.