Contributors

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Kelton Wright

Kelton Wright is a slow athlete who apologizes to trees when she bumps into them and is constantly attempting to balance her deep desire to be anti-social with supporting a tiny community. She's been featured in Bicycling Magazine, Runner’s World, Cosmopolitan, Outside Magazine, and more, always riding bikes and running around.

She's taught mindfulness to NFL coaches, led hundreds of women through cycling clinics, written an Amazon best seller on dating, and worked with brands like Headspace, Nike, UnitedHealth Group, and more to help them elevate their content strategies.

And every step of the way, she's been trying to optimize her own happiness: which is how she ended up six hours from a major airport in a town smaller than her graduating class. Read all about it in her Substack, "Shangrilogs."

https://shangrilogs.substack.com/
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Krisserin Canary

Krisserin Canary writes about those living in the margins of American society—characters shaped by poverty, geographic isolation, and cultural assimilation. Her work explores generational trauma through women navigating the intersections of class, technology, and identity. 


A 2013 PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fiction fellow and 2016 Allegra Johnson Prize nominee, she studied with Ramona Ausubel, Mark Sarvas, and Aimee Bender. Her novel-in-progress follows three generations of women breaking free from a family curse, examining how inherited patterns manifest in addiction, fractured relationships, and corporate exploitation. 


She lives in Woodland Hills with her husband, two daughters, and Bulgarian in-laws. A former UCLA pole vaulter, she now channels her competitive spirit into tennis, reading 100+ books yearly, and dominating karaoke with "Under Pressure."

https://www.krisserin.com/

Guests

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Emily Halnon

Emily Halnon lives, writes, and runs in Eugene, Oregon. She can be found collecting stories on trails and mountains around the Pacific Northwest and oversharing her adventures and misadventures on the internet. Some of her most notable runs include setting the overall FKT on the 460-mile Oregon PCT and traversing every Domino’s Pizza in Eugene city limits.


Most of Emily’s writing explores the intersection of the outdoors and the human experience. She has published work in outlets including The Guardian, The Washington Post, CNN, Runner’s World, Salon, Trail Runner Magazine, and Adventure Journal. Her debut memoir, To the Gorge, came out May 7, 2024 from Pegasus Books. Emily is represented by Stephany Evans at Ayesha Pande Literary.

https://www.emilyhalnon.com/

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Lesley Bannatyne

Lesley Bannatyne received the Grace Paley Prize for her 2025 novel in stories, LAKE SONG. She is also one of the country's foremost authorities on Halloween, and has shared her knowledge on television specials for the History Channel ("The Haunted History of Halloween," "The Real Story of Halloween"), with Time Magazine, Slate, National Geographic, and contributed the Halloween article to World Book Encyclopedia. 



https://lesleybannatyne.com/
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Olivia Muenter

Olivia Muenter (pronounced Men-ter) is a writer, reader, and the co-host of the Bad on Paper podcast. Her first novel Such A Bad Influence (Quirk Books) was an instant USA Today Best Seller. Her second novel Little One (Little, Brown) will be published in 2026.


A former fashion & beauty editor and freelance writer, Olivia’s work has been published in Glamour, Byrdie, Bustle, Brides, Health.com, Philadelphia Magazine, and more. You can find her most personal writing via her weekly newsletter where she shares about her life, her work, and everything in between.


For more regular life/work updates, follow Olivia on Instagram.

https://www.oliviamuenter.com/

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