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Editor-in-Chief
Name: Wanda Whitfield
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Occupation: Research Chemist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hobbies: reading, writing, metaphysics, martial arts and sci-fi conventions
Favorite BZ episode: "Lethal Injection"
Favorite BZ character: Dr. Edward Marcase
The first time I watched BZ was: when the 3rd episode aired
My history: I was raised on a farm in South Georgia. I grew up working in the fields and dreaming of the day I could leave. As soon as I finished high school, I went off to college at North Georgia College in Dahlonega; then on to graduate school in Portland, Oregon. After I left graduate school, I returned to Georgia and started working for the CDC. I have been there now for almost 15 years.
Personal quote: "Loyalty, honor and integrity above all else."
 
Publisher
Name: Mina Yip
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Interior Designer
Hobbies: too busy to have one
Favorite BZ episode: "Silent Tower"
Favorite BZ character: Dr. Edward Marcase
The first time I watched BZ was: Septmeber 1996
My history: Born in Hong Kong. I went to St. Clair college at Windsor, Ontario, in 1977 for Interior Design. I met my husband at the first job. We were married 2 years later. We moved to Toronto in 1988 and have stayed here for good. Now, my husband and I are partners for our business. There are ups and downs all the time, but the hope is there.
Personal quote: "If there is a wish, there is a way."
 
Associate Editor
Name: Clare Rebecca Overton
Location: United Kingdom
Occupation: Biomedical Scientist
Hobbies: Reading, art, computers, music and I rather like pubs
Favorite BZ episode: Blood Covenant
Favorite BZ character: Dr. Marcase (who else?)
The first time I watched BZ was: I saw "Touch of the Dead" and was instantly hooked
My history: I started life as an Environmental Chemist and then decided I wanted to make a difference, so I took a change of direction and am now a Biomedical Scientist
Personal quote: A broader sens of paradox may be our key to life (Sam Brown)
 
Senior Story Editor
Name: Marburg
Location: Texas
Occupation: Financial Coordinator
Hobbies: Fiction and poetry writing
Favorite BZ episode: No overall favorite (liked "old" ones best)
Favorite BZ character: Cassian
The first time I watched BZ was: when "Pilot" aired
My history: I have experience as fiction editor for a start up production company, a "little" book publisher, Arizona and Newsletter,as a video producer, radio DJ, retail clerk and convention coordinator
Personal quote: "Don't quit."
 
Story Editor
Name: Lori Jensen
Location: California, United States
Occupation: Student
Hobbies: violin, acting, volleyball, sci-fi, art, saving the Burning Zone
Favorite BZ episode: "Touch of the Dead" and "Silent Tower"
Favorite BZ character: Dr. Edward Marcase
The first time I watched BZ was: when "Night Flight" played in October
My history: I was born in California and have lived there all m y life. I've been studying violin since I was five. Although I'm still deciding what I should do with my life, I am interested in both acting and science. I'm also a volunteer at my local hospital. I love watching "The Burning Zone", even the new version.
Personal quote: "Don't dream it; be it."
 
Story Editor
Name: Teaberry
Location: Virginia
Occupation: Librarian
Hobbies: letterwriting, reading, herding cats, finding new and interesting ways to screw up
Favorite BZ episode: liked them all but "Touch of the Dead" is the one that hooked me
Favorite BZ character: Cassian
The first time I watched BZ was: October 1996
My history: born and raised in Appalachia, awarded MSLIS, have worked as a librarian since '82
Personal quote: It's here somewhere. Everything is herfe somewhere.
 
Story Editor
Name: Cheryl Bowman
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK
Occupation: IT Support
Hobbies: horses, martial arts, writing, fan club
Favorite BZ episode: "Silent Tower" and "Lethal Injection"
Favorite BZ character: Dr. Edward Marcase
The first time I watched BZ was: when "Pilot" was first aired
My history: I was born in S Africa and grew up in the Middle East where I went to American schools. I came to England in 1976 and have been here ever since.
Personal quote: What goes around comes around.
 
Contributing Editor
Name: Theresa Grate
Location: Centerburg, Ohio, USA
Occupation: Housewife
Hobbies: Crafts, poetry, art, computers, gardening
Favorite BZ episode: "Lethal Injection" and "Touch of the Dead"
Favorite BZ character: Dr. Daniel Cassian
The first time I watched BZ was: November 1996
My history: Born in West Germany in 1963, lived there 2 years. Lived in Camp Springs, Maryland, for 5 years while Dad wandered around in Vietnam. Then moved to Ohio. Finished high school in 1981 as an honors student, tried college and stunk at it. In the Ohio Army National Guard from 1981-1987 as a radio operator, cross-trained as a linesman. Worked as a waitress, hostess, asistant-manager at a gas station, then (over a ten year period) as a clerk, reconciler, senior reconciler, and finally P.C. technician at a bank.
Married Don in 1992, got a house, and quit at the bank in 1995.
Personal quote: "Yeah, whatever..." (Anonymous)
 
Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus
Name: Samantha Friel
Location: Chicago Area, USA
Occupation: Law student
Hobbies: sci-fi, reading, poetry, law, computers, tennis, golf
Favorite BZ episode: "The Silent Tower"
Favorite BZ character: Dr. Daniel Cassian
The first time I watched BZ was: when "The Pilot" aired
My history: I'm a law student who enjoys poetry, law, computers, teenis and golf. I've loved BZ from the word 'go' although I miss Marcase and Shiroma. Cassian is the real reason why I continue watching the show, but it's just not the same without the old team.
Personal quote: I'm really bad at coming up with my own quotes.

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