Stephanie Manova strives to publish imaginative work inspired by authentic experiences that lets her glimpse, even if briefly, another inner life. By day, she is an acquiring editor at a major publisher—Out There is her literary passion project. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Boston University, a certificate in manuscript editing from the University of Chicago, and is a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course.

Astraea d’Orée is a writer, poet, and songwriter of spiritual, personal, and emotional forms of meaning. A believer in radical self-acceptance, she works as a counselor and ritualist, facilitating others in the discovery of their deeper truths and sparking evolutionary change. Holding a B.A. in French literature and an M.A. in global studies, her aim is to distill and share purpose and progress from the rich weave of Earthly life in all its forms.