John Pfitzner received a commendation in the Max Harris Poetry Award 2008 and was joint runner-up in the 2009 Studio Prize. By profession he spent time as a minister of religion and as a publishing house editor. He lived for fifteen years in an Aboriginal community in Central Australia where he learnt an Aboriginal language. In his younger days he was an Aussie Rules player and marathon runner. He passed away in 2013, survived by his wife, Diana, their three children and three grandchildren.
Tracey Korsten has been short-listed for the HQ/Varuna Short Story Competition, has worked on the publications Through the Opera Glass and Movers and Shakers and has been published in the Friendly Street anthology for 2009. She is a public speaker, marriage celebrant, actor and director and is currently working on a screenplay, a book and a poetry anthology. In the past she has been a lawyer and a teacher. She lives in Adelaide with her two children.