Award-winning author D. M. Giangreco is an editor for the U. S. Army's professional journal, Military Review, and the author of numerous military history books. His most recent award was the Moncado Prize by the Society of Military History for his article, "Casualty Projections for the U.S. Invasions of Japan, 1945: Planning and Policy Implications."

Kathryn Moore, formerly a historical interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, teaches and has written on the Thomas Jefferson DNA findings in The Washington Times. Dear Harry is her first book and she is currently working on First Lady of Monticello, a biography of Martha Jefferson.