Steven Nightingale is the author of twelve books, and most recently, a book of haiku, Incantations. He is co-author of The Paradise Notebooks: 90 Miles across the Sierra Nevada (Comstock Publishing Associates 2022), a meditation on the Sierra Nevada. He lives in Reno, Nevada.

Steven L. Swartz is a marine scientist and the author of Lagoon Time (Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Program 2014). 

Jose (“Pancho”) Francisco Mayoral  was raised asa fisherman on the shores of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, California Sur, Mexico, where he offers adventures swimming with whales and continues to look for meaningful experiences with different species of whales in different latitudes around the world.

Richard J. Nevle is the co-author of The Paradise Notebooks: 90 Miles across the Sierra Nevada (Comstock Publishing Associates 2022). He is the author of numerous scientific articles and the recipient of the highest award for teaching excellence given by Stanford University. He lives in San José, California.