Almost Famous Women

Megan Mayhew Bergman grew up in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and attended Wake Forest University. She has graduate degrees from Duke University and Bennington College. Her first collection, Birds of a Lesser Paradise, was one of Huffington Post's Best Books of 2012. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Best American Short Stories, New Stories from the South, Ploughshares, Tin House, and Oxford American, among other publications.

Lesa Lockford is an experienced voiceover artist and actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. A professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, she teaches courses in voice for the actor, dialects, acting, and performance studies. She is also a writer and performer. Before becoming a teacher, she worked as a professional actor in Great Britain, where she appeared in a variety of roles in television, in film, and on the stage.