Wa Conner has worked in the northwest music scene for many years as a member of northwest acts The Stiffs, Renaissance Blue, Wymsikal Triod, I.T., as well as his current project: DEAD POETS SOCIETY which he founded in 1998. In addition to performing the drums and percussion on the album tracks he also contributed bass guitar and keyboards, as well as arranging and producing all of the tracks.

Wa is a  co-owner of the NW entertainment company Carpe Diem Publishing, which has produced concerts for The Dragonflies, Brundlefly, Hotboxed, Stir Fry, Nub, and Rockhead Shiner, among many others. Carpe Diem also briefly published the indie zine THIRST (inspired by a novel of the same name written by Wa Conner) from 1995-1997.

When not creating or producing he is a news dealer. He often spends his spare time on Azeroth in World of Warcraft, thinking about or playing Tabletop Roleplaying Games, writing fiction, and is an ardent fan of the Portland Trailblazers, Portland Timbers, Portland Thorns, Formula 1, and Chelsea FC . He also admits, that while it should feel weird, he doesn’t mind writing about himself in the third person.

Raven Nightshado (aka Jessica Griffin-Conner) was born and raised in Portland and moved to The Dalles, Oregon in 1995. She was raised at an early age in the presence of her father’s band Live Griffin (also briefly known as King Griffin), which featured trumpeter, Thera Memory, before he broke through in his jazz career.  In addition to piano, keyboard, and bass work, she provides vocals and programming for Dead Poets Society, and writes most of the lyrics.

Jessica also writes fiction. Her short story, Sherlock Holmes and the San Franciscan Affair (2007) can be downloaded for free from this site in our Books section. Her most recent book EBONSTONE: Book One, The Amethyst Crown Series was published in June 2023.

Raven became the first member of the Alea Iacta Est guild to be granted the officer status of Centurion, and with other officers helped grow and manage the guild shortly after inception until membership exceeded more than 3,000. This made it the largest World of Warcraft guild on Earth.

She has worked at Columbia Gorge Community College since 2008.