Nancy Burke is the author of Only the Women are Burning (2020), If I Could Paint the Moon Black (2014), From the Abuelas’ Window (2005) and a new short story collection, Death Cleaning and Other Units of Measure (2024). She holds an MFA in Fiction (Dramatic Writing concentration) from Rutgers’ University, Newark and a BA in Anthropology from Montclair State University. Her short stories have appeared in Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience, Meat for Tea: The Valley Review. At the Pool was a finalist for the J.F. Powers Award for Short Fiction at Dappled Things Literary Journal. Her screenplay adaptation of Only the Women are Burning won a Finalist recognition from the 2023 Boston Screenplay Competition. She is at work on a musical adaptation of From the Abuelas’ Window. Visit her Work in Progress page for info on this project. She teaches writing at New Jersey Institute of Technology and lives in Little Falls, NJ.
Ignacio Valdivia is a Chilean composer, guitarist and producer, Bachelors’ in Music Composition (UNIACC) University in Santiago de Chile, with honors (2021). Original pieces: 1. Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Elegy N°1, commissioned by Nicolás Gómez Amín, 2. String quintets as part of La Sinfonía del Muro de Flores, collaborative project by Daniel Djuro-Goiricelaya. First solo EP Textos. Original music: Federico García Lorca ‘s La Casa de Bernarda Alba, Como Encontrar La Salida de Emergencia En Un Hogar De Ancianos, and Las Dos Muertes. Original arrangements and orchestrations for productions of Les Miserables’, Into the Woods, Moulin Rouge, Jesus Christ Superstar, Aladdin, Beetlejuice, Oliver!, and Beauty and the Beast. He is a regular in the music scene in Santiago, as guitarist in the band Hijo de Ladrón. Collaborator with Alfilera, Futnes, Gatajazz, on albums (2025) (Detrás De Las Palabras, Pepe and Oleaje).