Leni T. Goggins started Lester’s Army at 25, hoping to retire by 30. She is holding out on a timeshare, for now, and instead retires her mind to reading books by and about the old. She is a co-founder of GranPaparazzi.com and sits on the Editorial Board of Geist Magazine. She is the heart and soul of Lester’s Army.

Olivier Martin 1) Love 2) Friends and Family 3) Nature 4) Graphics and Sound. Olivier is the creative director of Lester’s Army.

Alicia Wooding is a flame-haired British psychology graduate who was drawn to Vancouver by its independent publishing scene and mountains. She has a juxtaposition of personality traits from technophile to antiquarian vintage tack hoarder. Can be found dwelling in her garage sale room reading Evelyn Waugh, living the Brideshead dream.

Joelle Barron is a fourth year creative writing student at UBC, and the web editor of Lester’s Army. She hails from Northern Ontario and laughs at anyone who uses an umbrella when it’s snowing.

Rumnique Nannar is a Masala Missionary in the truest sense, devoted to cinema and spreading the gospel of Welles, Kurosawa and Truffaut. Can be found belting out psalms from the Gospel of the Marx Brothers Wisecracks on the street corner.

Max Moncaster hails from Seattle, Washington and studies Communication and Political Science at SFU. Like many students, he maintains a highly irregular sleep pattern. Still, he refuses to drink coffee, a fact many find strange, given that he is employed at a coffee shop.