Gary Henderson, an essayist and journalist, is a founder of Hub City Writers Project. His essays and people profiles have appeared in Hub City Anthology, Hub City Christmas, and Textile Town. Gary was the co-author, with David Taylor, of Hub City's 2000 title The Lawson's Fork: Headwaters to the Confluence. His essay, "Jack's Kite," was recently included in the Milkweed Press anthology, The South Atlantic Coast and Piedmont: A Literary Field Guide. 

Christine Swager is the author of the 2002 Hub City title, Come to the Cow Pens!, a young reader's nonfiction book about the critical Revolutionary War battle in Cherokee County. Prior to the publication of this book, she published Black Crows and White Cockades, historic fiction based on life in Camden and If Ever Your Country Needs You, the story of Frances Marion's campaign. Both were for young adults.

A founder of the Hub City Writers Project, John Lane is a place-based educator at Wofford College, an expert kayaker, and the author of numerous books of essays and poetry. In addition to his work with Hub City, his outdoor adventure prose has appeared in Outside, American White Water, Canoe, South Carolina Wildlife, and anthologies from National Geographic Books.