Born in 1963, John Kinsella has published a dozen books of poetry in Australia, and three in Britain. His Poems 1980-1994 is published by Bloodaxe simultaneously with the Hunt, whole The Silo: A Pastoral Symphony is available seperately, from Arc. He lives in Cambridge and divides his time between Britain and Australia; he is a By-Fellow of Churchill College.

Helen Kitson is an award-winning poet and short story writer. She was born in Leicester and lives in Worcester with her husband and two children. She is an Open University student, studying towards a BA in Humanities with Art History. She began writing poetry seriously in 1990, having fallen in love with Sylvia Plath's poetry at the age of seventeen.

Stephen Knight's first collection, Flowering Limbs, was a Poetry Book Society Choice, and was shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewllyn Rhys Prize. Dream City Cinema was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Born in Swansea, Knight now lives in London where he works as a freelance writer and theatre director.