Robert Wlodarski was born in the very haunted Queen of Angels hospital in Los Angeles, California. Wlodarski has a BA in history and an MA in anthropology from California State University, Northridge. As the President of Historical, Environmental, Archaeological, Research, Team (HEART) and Cellular, Archaeological, Resource, Evaluations (CARE) since 1978, Wlodarski has administered over 1600 archaeological and historical projects for federal, state, county, city agencies and private companies, and has authored and co-authored over twenty articles for journals and magazines throughout California and the Southwest. Robert has been involved in the paranormal field for over forty years.Anne Powell Wlodarski was born in the very haunted Nix Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, and is a registered art therapist. She received her MA in behavioral science from the University of Houston, and has published several articles, including a chapter in California Art Therapy Trends. She has been an exhibiting artist and is the president and founder of HEARTWORLD Arts Center for Children, a non-profit organization for abused and disadvantaged youth. Anne served as an education outreach coordinator and gallery assistant for the City of Los Angeles's Artspace Gallery from 1989 to 1993 and has been featured in the media for her work with children and the arts. She was honored as a "Sunday Woman" by the Daily News, and was a J. C. Penney Golden Rule Award nominee. She is also a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), and the Southern California Art Therapy Association (SCATA).
Courtney Oppel, also a native Texan, is a freelance writer and editor for Rowman & Littlefield, and has worked for Pearson Education, Bangtail Press, and dotdash.com. She received her bachelor's degree in English, with a creative writing emphasis, from the University of Montana-Missoula, and lives with her husband and two children in Helena, Montana.