Katherine Nolan writes and produces for the stage and is currently working on a musical called The Ride (about, yes, The Ride). She wrote the libretto for Hail Poetry: The Magic and Madness of Gilbert & Sullivan in 2016 and is the co-producer of the newly reborn Opera a La Carte. She has a BA in Creative Writing in Literature from UCSC, and an MFA in Motion Picture/Television Screenwriting from UCLA. She gets obsessive about bicycles and theatre and writing, and annually tackles the 545-mile AIDS/Lifecycle bike ride from SF to LA. Thankfully she quit her day job in tech management so she finally has time to over-commit fully. Learn more about Kathy’s writing life at katherinenolanwriter.com/. Check out Scott’s introduction of Kathy here >.
Scott Alumbaugh is the author of On the Pony Express Trail: One Man’s Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind of Saddle. His works also include: a novella, Will Kill for Food; short fiction published in StoryQuarterly, Kestrel, Hunger Mountain Review, Black Fork Review, and Meat for Tea; and non-fiction published Overland Quarterly, little somethings press, and elsewhere. Alumbaugh is an avid cyclist who has ridden numerous ultra-distance events. He was so taken with the Pony Express that at age 62 he bikepacked 1,400 miles of the trail from St. Joseph, Missouri to Salt Lake City, Utah. His journey took five weeks on a route that was mostly off-road. Scott formerly practiced business litigation in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. Lear more about Scott’s Pony Express Ride at ponyexpressride.com, and writing at scottalumbaugh.com. Also check out Kathy’s introduction os Scott here >.