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Brian PJ Cronin lives in Beacon with his son, three cats, and the occasional wayward bat. In addition to writing for Upstater and other publications in New York City and the Hudson Valley, he somehow finds the time to serve as the editor of Hudson Valley Parent magazine, and tackles the occasional 16-mile solo hike across the spine of the Catskills. (If you are a bear, please note that Brian is not delicious in any way, shape, or form.) upstater.com/contributors/brianpjcronin
Carolita Johnson grew up in New York City and spent 12ish years in Paris earning a master’s in modern letters and linguistics and having fun researching early nuns’ hygiene, before moving back to New York. She’s contributed cartoons to The New Yorker since 2003. She is also a storyteller, illustrator, and writer, whose self-illustrated essays have appeared in The Hairpin, Scratch, Cosmo, and The Toast, as well as her personal webcomic, Oscarina. Her latest project is a memoir with the working title “Happily Often After.”
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Roy Gumpel’ s photographs were featured in the National Geographic Explorer film Route 66: The Mother Road, and his most recent photo credits include the Wall Street Journal, Travel & Leisure, Hudson Valley, and Saratoga Living. He frequently shows his work at Kingston’s RUBYgallery. He also makes “WoodstockLamps,” a line of sconces created from Catskills hardwood, and is an EMT with the Woodstock Rescue Squad and a volunteer firefighter.
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Jennifer Gutman lives and writes in New Paltz. She has a master’s in English literature that many have claimed to be useless, but which she finds inexplicably useful every day. When granted the opportunity, she attempts to facilitate “aha!” moments for 18-year-olds in writing classrooms at SUNY New Paltz. Her grandfather’s name is Gibson, which might explain her predilection for briny gin and cocktail onions.
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