Robert Nigro

"Whatever's Write" founder Robert Nigro has been named as one of two runners-up for the 2009 Creative Nonfiction Prize awarded by Hunger Mountain, a publication of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, for his memoir, "Under the Black Flag." Details here: http://www.hungermtn.org/contest-news/

Pete Tidemann

Pete has been working as a live sound engineer and producer for 25 yrs and has been involved with many live productions, festivals and special events. His specialty is working in developing countries with arts, film and music festivals. Recently he was involved with Film Festival Jakmel in Haiti, where they held a 6 day festival of film, culminating in a concert by Wyclef Jean on a beach in which 80,000 people showed up to see the show.

In addition, Pete has been involved with the Sauti za Busara music festival in Zanzibar, Tanzania for the last few years and is presently shipping a container of professional audio and lighting equipment to the festival for 2010. He started the first education and training program in stage arts in East Africa and continues to work with a variety of people and organizations to educate and train technicians and artists in the region. His company, Linear Velocity, works to bring together cultures through technology and the arts as a tool of communication. You may find his website at www.linearvelocity.com or the music festival at www.busaramusic.com

Christopher Cokinos

My new nonfiction book, The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars, was published in summer 2009 by Tarcher/Penguin, to reviews and notices in a number of venues including The New Yorker, Nature, Science, Seed, Discover and Natural History. I've done a number of radio and t.v. shows for the book and had a tie-in piece published in The New York Times.
www.christophercokinos.com

Suerah Bomzer Alterman

After a stint at ABC-TV research in NY, I moved to the Washington D.C. area to work in Public Broadcasting. I stayed at PBS for about 10 years and then retired to spend time with my children, start a private kindergarten and have fun. I currently teach English as a Second Language, working with children from around the world who come to live in Maryland.

Douglas Postels

I am a Collins alumnus, having lived there from 1984-1987 while doing an undergraduate major in microbiology.I am currently volunteering with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in Lubutu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

I have a blog address (www.dougpostels.blogspot.com) if anyone is interested in reading about the life of an MSF volunteer. In real life, I currently live in Albuquerque, New Mexico.