Alex Pappademas is the author of Keanu Reeves: Most Triumphant-The Movies and Meaning of an Irrepressible Icon and the co-author, with Joan LeMay, of Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Soul Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan. He is a writer and editor at GQ, and his work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Los Angeles Times, and Grantland. He lives in Los Angeles.

Joan LeMay's fine art has been shown internationally in galleries, alternative and institutional venues, and public spaces since the late 1990s. Her paintings have appeared in dozens of publications, books, and music videos and on album covers, band fliers, and posters for independent film. She is the co-author, with Alex Pappademas, of Quantum Criminals. LeMay plays bass in the bands Bull Thieves and Viennetta. She is based in New York City.