Dylan R. Boyd

Dylan R. Boyd is an attorney as well as an author, practicing primarily criminal defense in southern Maine. He was born and raised in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where he attended school and spent summers working in the seasonal tourism industry. He attended the University of Vermont and earned a degree in English before returning to Maine to attend the University of Maine School of Law. During his time in law school, he published an article in the Maine Law Review and served as the journal's Executive Editor. He now lives with his wife near Portland and is working on a new crime novel.

His debut novel, Blue Lobster, is now available online and at select Maine retailers. Visit www.dylanrboyd.com for more information.

Richard Shain Cohen

Richard Shain Cohen of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is originally from Boston. He retired from the University of Maine at Presque Isle after serving as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of English. He holds B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.

He served as editor of the journal Husson Review and was principal participant in a National Endowment for the Arts Grant for “Images of Aroostook” that was exhibited throughout the State of Maine. His own publications include: Healing After Dark: Pioneering Compassionate Medicine at the Boston Evening Clinic (2011), The Forgotten Longfellow: Man in the Shadows (2010), Only God Can Make a Tree, poetry from himself and his brother, Alfred Robert Cohen; and the novels Our Seas of Fear and Love, Monday: End of the Week, Be Still, My Soul, and Petal on a Black Bough. He also wrote chapters for Aroostook: Land of Promise, academic reviews, other articles, and – with the help of a Shell Grant – a monograph on Samuel Richardson that can be found in major library holdings.