STAFF

Katherine Arline
Publisher
Ms. Arline is the publisher of Wind River Press and the editor of Critique's sister-site, The Paumanok Review, in addition to work as a web designer and fiction writer.

Standaert in AntwerpMichael Standaert
Managing Editor
Mr. Standaert is a freelance writer currently living in Iowa City, Iowa. He has worked as a journalist in the U.S. and Europe over the last few years, and helped found Euro-correspondent.com. Besides journalism, his fiction, poetry and essays have appeared in a variety of print and online magazines. He has completed two novels and is now working on a third, The Adventures of the Pisco Kid.


Maya Mirsky
Managing Editor, Europe
Ms. Mirsky is a writer and editor currently based in Budapest, Hungary. Although she has settled down to the life of an expatriate, she still considers herself a Californian. She attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and received a degree in Politics with an emphasis on theory. Besides writing, she translates and edits academic and business texts.

Clarissa Aykroyd
Staff Writer
Ms. Aykroyd is a graduate of the University of Victoria, BC. Her work has been published in several journals (The Heroic Age, Canadian Holmes) and newspapers (The Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times Colonist). She has authored three children’s history book on the exploration of California, Native American horsemanship, and the history of Mexico, and is currently working on a book about modern Egypt. She has also written fiction, poetry, travel writing, and other genres. Her interests include Arthurian legend, medieval history, Sherlock Holmes, and music. She lives in Victoria.

Christina Gosnell
Staff Writer
Ms. Gosnell is is a full-time freelance writer who shares a great love for the written word in its many forms. She is currently finishing up an ebook as well as work on a novel that she calls, "Her greatest work in progress." She's done many projects including work on textbooks, how-to pieces, and personal essays. You'll always find a book in her hand wherever she goes.

Janie Franz
Staff Writer
Ms. Franz holds a BA in anthropology and has worked as a freelance writer and/or editor for publications including High Plains Reader, Grand Forks Herald, and Red River Valley Magazine. For the past eight years, she has been employed as the owner of J. Freeman Franz Writing Services, thus garnering extensive experience in ghost writing, manuscript preparation, and editing.

Paul Holler
Staff Writer
Mr. Holler is a writer of books for children and short stories. His short stories have appeared in Skylark and other print publications as well as various on-line journals. His children's book, Nicholas and the Whales, is now available in electronic format from Crossroadspub.com. You can visit him online at members.aol.com/pfholler/Index.html.

Gangadharan Marudhan
Staff Writer
Mr. Marudhan is based in Chennai, India and divides his time between work, reading and writing. With psychology as a minor and English as a major in post-graduate work, he is presently employed as a Systems Coordinator in a logistics organisation. Apart from writing, his chief interest lies in reading a wide range of books with a particular focus towards nonfiction works, travelogues and classics. He has developed an inclination to produce essays, columns, short stories and reviews, which are presently being published

Elizabeth Routen
Freelance Writer
Ms. Routen is the author of the recently released short story collection Voices on the Stair. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming from more than forty publications including Story Digest, Vincent Brothers Review, and The Newport Review. She is a staff writer for Storyteller Magazine. You can visit her online at http://routen.windriverpress.com.

Allegra Wong
Staff Writer
Ms. Wong is a poet, essayist, and modern autobiographer. She has won three nominations for the Pushcart Prize. She has done extensive graduate work in English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University where her research focused on modern autobiography. Her poetry and prose have been published in numerous journals including: Modern Haiku; Turnstile; 3rd Bed; Oyster Boy Review; The Montserrat Review; The 2River View; Brevity; Linnaean Street; The Paumanok Review; and (Harvard) Scriptorium. Her first collection of autobiographical writings is under review for publication, and she is currently working on a second collection. She teaches at Writers On the Net http://www.writers.com. She divides her time between New York City and Boston, MA. She has one son.