Chris Baty, Director and Administrative Assistant
"Are you going to drink that Dr. Pepper?"

A proud resident of Oakland, California, Chris has been heading up the NaNoWriMo adventure since its inception in 1999. With his startlingly mediocre prose style and complete inability to write credible dialogue, Chris has set a reassuringly low bar for budding novelists everywhere. Chris is a freelance writer by trade; his work has appeared in the Washington Post, the SF Weekly, Lonely Planet guidebooks, and the East Bay Express (for which he writes the biweekly Metronome Diary column). When not bossing strangers around, Chris spends debilitating amounts of time in coffee shops and record stores.

Claire Robertson, Illustrator
"I don't know about the bangs."

Claire is best known for her much-loved loobylu.com website, but her work has appeared everywhere from the New York Public Library to the Melbourne Age. One of the most talented artists of her generation, Claire lives in Melbourne, where the seasons are upside-down, toilets flush backwards, and wallabyes roam the streets in bewildered packs. Claire is a morning person who cites her Martha Stewart Living magazines as some of her more embarassing possessions. Claire's favorite Lucksmith is Marky.

Dan Sanderson, Technical Know-it-All
"Give me a LAMP environment and I'll be happy."

Ensconsed in a cyborg-staffed castle 19 miles beneath the surface of Seattle, Dan brings a healthy dose of technical je ne sais quoi to the NaNoWriMo escapade. Dan's favorite Australian animal is the sugar glider. There will be a photo of him up as soon as he sends it.