Sara Schaff is an assistant professor at SUNY Plattsburgh, where she teaches fiction, creative nonfiction, playwriting, and screenwriting. She is the author of the story collections The Invention of Love (Split/Lip Press) and Say Something Nice About Me (Augury Books), a 2017 Firecracker Award Finalist and a Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Short Fiction. Her writing has appeared in Kenyon Review, Catapult, LitHub, Yale Review Online, and elsewhere. Find her work at saraschaff.com.

Gbolahan Adeola holds an MFA in Literary Arts from Brown University, where he was awarded the John Hawkes Prize and the Feldman Prize in fiction. His work has received recognition and support from the Best American Short Stories anthology, MacDowell, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He is currently pursuing a PhD in English at Yale University.

Shawna Kelty is an associate professor and chair of theatre at SUNY Plattsburgh, where she teaches directing, dramatic literature, history, and performance. She is a director, dramaturg, and performer. She is a KCACTF Region 1 invited National Playwriting Program play respondent. As an artist, Shawna works primarily in new play development at universities and on some professional stages, and through several theatre organizations like ATHE, MATC, Great Plains Theatre Conference, and the Valdez Theatre Conference. Her recent directing projects include Joe Stollenwerk's Jan and Joe, the world premiere of Kristen Ritter's Nefarious, and Caitlin Turnage's In a Darkroom, The Lord Knows. Upcoming projects include directing Emily Krause's Something for the Fish, Ayesha Siddiqui’s The Intervention, and artistic direction for SUNY Plattsburgh's 2023 Climate Play Festival.

Lamar Childs served as Editorial Assistant on Issue 18. He will graduate this spring from SUNY Plattsburgh with a degree in Writing Arts. He enjoys reading and writing poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. He hopes to enter the writing world in some way.

Johan Robinson was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Her fascination with literature began when she read her first novel series, Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne. Her need to consume as many different stories as possible was fulfilled when her mom took her to the local public library every Friday. She later went on to attend St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, where she majored in English. For her master's degree, Johan attended Relay Graduate School of Education through Teach for America. During her two-year corps commitment, she worked at a Coney Island charter school, teaching eighth-grade English. Johan later taught Humanities to fifth graders at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights. When she is not reading a mystery/thriller novel, Johan loves spending time outdoors.

Cheryth Youngmann grew up in a home surrounded by books, in a tiny New York town so close to the border it might as well have been Vermont. She graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2021 with degrees in English Literature and English Writing Arts and a certificate in Professional Writing. After brief stints in journalism and painting church bell towers, she found a professional home at the University of Georgia’s Odum School of Ecology, where she writes about students, bugs, and fish as the school’s Communications Coordinator.

Kora Austin is a graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh with a Bachelor’s in Writing Arts and a certificate in Professional Writing. She worked on Issues 17 and 18 of Saranac Review. Recently, Kora started her paralegal studies through Binghamton University. Her favorite genres include fantasy, fiction, and narrative poetry.

Kelli Charland is a junior at SUNY Plattsburgh double majoring in English Literature and Creative Writing with a minor in psychology. She has previously worked as the copy editor for the student-run literary and arts magazine, North Star, and works in downtown Plattsburgh at The Corner Stone Bookshop. In her free time, Kelli loves coffee, sculpting ceramics, and reading fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. She plans to attend graduate school for creative writing.

Lauren Waldron is the Administrative Assistant in the English Department at SUNY Plattsburgh. She was born and raised in the North Country and is raising her daughter and two beagles in Peru, New York. Lauren loves to be outside whenever possible and enjoys hunting and fishing with her husband. Saranac Review could not function without her calm and meticulous approach to solving any problem that comes her way.

Aimée Baker served as Managing Editor for Issues 17 and 18 of Saranac Review, and she was previously Executive Editor of the magazine. Her first collection of poetry, Doe, won the 2016 Akron Prize and was published by the University of Akron Press in 2018. This collection of poetry about missing and unidentified women has been turned into a documentary film, She, featuring Emmy Award-Nominated actress Kate Mulgrew along with Raven Goodwin and Coco Jones. She, which Baker stars in and co-wrote, won the Best Documentary Feature at the Boston Independent Film Festival (2022) and Best Documentary at the New Creators Film Awards (2022), was an Award Winner at the Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival (2022), and received an Award of Recognition for a Documentary Feature at the Impact Docs Awards (2022).

Kora Austin served as Senior Editorial Assistant and Co-Social Media Manager of Saranac Review 18 and as Editorial Assistant on Issue 17. She majored in English Writing Arts at SUNY Plattsburgh, with a certificate in Professional Writing. She enjoys reading fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, and mystery.

Nina Serafini served as Senior Editorial Assistant and Co-Social Media Manager of Saranac Review 18 and as Editorial Assistant for Issue 17. At SUNY Plattsburgh, she majored in English Writing Arts, Language Arts, and Literature, and earned a certificate in Professional Writing. She also worked on SUNY Plattsburgh’s student-run literary magazine, North Star, as the composition editor, and then Editor-in-Chief. She loves to read classics, mysteries/thrillers, and romance books. Serafini is currently pursuing a degree in publishing.

Kattie Perez-Santos is a senior at SUNY Plattsburgh, double majoring in English Writing Arts and Communication Studies, with a minor in Film. She loves to read fantasy, fiction, self-help, and graphic novels. She hopes to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

Amelia Stevens was an Editorial Assistant on Issue 18. She majored in public relations major at SUNY Plattsburgh and hopes to work in the publishing industry one day. Her favorite pastime is reading, and she tends to gravitate towards romance novels and autobiographies.

Cooper Cecot is a Creative Writing major at SUNY Plattsburgh. He served as Editorial Assistant on Issue 18. He enjoys reading fiction.

Marie Folley served as Editorial Assistant on Issue 18. She is majoring in Creative Writing at SUNY Plattsburgh. She is a local to the Adirondack region, and she immensely enjoys reading fantasy, realistic fiction, poetry, and plays--especially those that include representation of diverse people, perspectives, and issues.

Roisin Murray is a Writing Arts major at SUNY Plattsburgh. She was an Editorial Assistant for Issue 18. She loves to read novels, her favorite being Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Recently, she has been trying out writing poetry. After she graduates, she wants to go into publishing and/or editing.