I wrote my editor's bio. I'm sure she'll correct me. I don't know about that. We had to write bios because Toiya thought publishers might want to see them. I'm just going with the flow here, and figuring that Toiya can find us a publisher who wants to publish the book with terms agreeable to all of us.
Silence means no, of course.
We have a query letter out, and stated response times suggest we'll get an answer by the end of July. It sure is, but the anticipation is fun too in a way. Thanks for the update. While you likely have your favorite targets, I think it's acceptable to do this for publishers or agents. Of course, you only want to have the completed work submitted to one editor at a time, but queries needn't be exclusive.