Allen Arthur ("Writing Within Prison Walls") is a freelance journalist working mainly with people who are or have been in prison. He is based in Los Angeles and is the engagement director for the Solutions Journalism Network.
Keith Barraclough ("Her Work? All Play," photography) has had his work featured in campaigns for Allstate, Apple Music, and Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl. His photography series The Redhead Project went viral after being featured on CNN.com and in The Guardian.
Deirdre Danklin ("A Party of Jays") is a fiction writer. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, son, and two cats.
Edmon de Haro ("Writing Within Prison Walls," illustration) is a graphic designer and illustrator whose work focuses on concept illustration and visual communication. He lives and works in Barcelona.
Chris Hatler ("His Lane") is a writer and editor based in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in Men's Journal, Men's Health, Runner's World, Bicycling, and other national publications.
Tony Rodriguez ("His Lane," illustration) is a Cuban American illustrator and educator who infuses flat color with bold lines to highlight the faces of pop culture from yesterday and today. His work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators in New York, Communication Arts, NBC Universal, Creative Quarterly, 3x3, American Illustration, and many others.
On the cover
For our fall issue's cover, Italian illustrator Shout teases "Saving Lives, Alternatively Speaking," about JHU Professor Thomas Hartung's decadeslong mission to advance alternatives to animal testing. In 1996, Hartung designed an alternative to the pyrogen test used to detect bacterial contamination—one that could be done using lab equipment rather than on a rabbit. Nearly 30 years later, the European Union has outlawed the rabbit version of that test.
