Role: Author

Steven E. Wilson is the author of "Ascent from Darkness" as well as "Winter in Kandahar," Benjamin Franklin Award finalist for 2004 in the category Best New Voice in Fiction. He resides near Cleveland, Ohio.

Stina Katchadourian (MA Stanford '67) grew up in Finland as a member of that country's Swedish-speaking minority. She is an author, literary translator, and journalist. Among her interests are women and the Middle East. She is a member of the Board of Directors of The Global Fund for Women and her many publications include a memoir about her Armenian mother-in-law entitled Efronia: An Armenian Love Story. Stina lives with her husband on the Stanford University campus near San Francisco, California.