Darcy L. Harris is professor emeritus in the Department of Thanatology at King's University College in London, Ontario, Canada, as well as a faculty member for the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition in the USA.

Tashel C. Bordere is a researcher at the Center for Family Policy & Research at the University of Missouri and a consultant. She is the immediate past president of the National Alliance for Children's Grief.

Lisa McLean is an assistant professor in the Department of Thanatology at King's University College in London, Ontario, Canada, and is the director of the Grief and Loss Research Lab.