Nora Foster Stovel is a Professor Emerita in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta. She has published on Jane Austen, D.H. Lawrence, Margaret Drabble, Carol Shields, Margaret Atwood, and Margaret Laurence. University of Alberta Press published her critical editions of Margaret Laurence’s Heart of a Stranger and Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists and three edited collections: Jane Austen Sings the Blues, Jane Austen & Company, and The Creation of iGiselle: Classical Ballet Meets Contemporary Video Games. She lives in Edmonton.
Graham Guest is an Edmonton-based musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and broadcaster. Within his wide spectrum of experiences in the music life, Graham has learned the blues music craft first hand. A multi-faceted twenty-year association and friendship with Dr. Bruce Stovel led to his involvement with this project.
Grant Stovel is a drummer, producer, and radio host who lives in Edmonton. The son of Dr. Bruce Stovel, Grant cherishes the years in which they enjoyed blues music together and co-hosted a weekly radio program. His participation in this project is a continuation of his father's passions.