David Leavitt is a graduate of Yale University and a professor at the University of Florida, where he is the co–director of the creative writing program. He is also the editor of Subtropics magazine, The University of Florida's literary journal.
Mark Mitchell is a writer, editor, and translator, and the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. He is the managing editor of Subtropics, the literary journal of the University of Florida in Gainesville, alongside his partner David Leavitt.