Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English writer known for nuanced depictions of many different classes of Victorian society. Her other novels include
Cranford and
Wives and Daughters, and she also penned the first biography of Charlotte Brontë.
Ellen Louise Hart teaches for the Writing Program, the Educational Opportunity Program, and the Literature Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of articles on editing Dickinson that have appeared in
The Emily Dickinson International SocietyBulletin,
Emily Dickinson Journal,
An Emily Dickinson Encyclopedia,
TulsaStudies in Women's Literature,
The Women's Review ofBooks, and
The Heath Anthology of American Literature.
Martha Nell Smith is professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of many articles on Emily Dickinson, as well as of
Rowing in Eden: Rereading Emily Dickinson (University of Texas Press). She is co-author of
Comic Power in Emily Dickinson (University of Texas Press) and coordinator of the Dickinson Electronic Archives project (emilydickinson.org).
Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941) was an English writer who penned a popular series of autobiographical novels. Besides
The Enchanted April, some of her best-known works include
Vera and
Mr. Skeffington.
Kate Forrester is an illustrator and hand letterer based in Brighton, UK.