Joe Cuhaj is a former Mobile, Alabama radio personality turned author and freelance writer, having penned twenty nonfiction books in the last 25 years including Paddling Alabama, Baseball in Mobile, and Notable Women of Alabama. He has also written many articles for magazines and online publications on a wide variety of topics ranging from the environment to political issues. Joe lives in Fairhope, Alabama.

Andy Duncan is an award-winning writer and lifelong Southerner whose fiction and nonfiction works have appeared in numerous books and periodicals. His first book, Beluthahatchie and Other Stories, won the 2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.