Lisa Rogak is the author of more than forty books, including her New York Times bestseller Barack Obama in His Own Words. Her other works include Angry Optimist: The Life and Times of Jon Stewart; The Dogs of War; And Nothing But the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen Colbert; Rachel Maddow: A Biography; and Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King, which was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award. Her books have been covered in the Wall Street Journal, Parade Magazine, USA Today, Family Circle, and scores of other publications. She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as the featured guest to promote her book Moving to the Country Once and For All.

Daisy Gibbons, an award-winning translator from Ukrainian and Russian into English, presently serves as a translator for the New York Times and as a literature consultant for Netflix. She lived in Russian and Ukraine for several years, where she worked as a ghostwriter for several Ukrainian publications and as an editor for a Kyiv think tank. Gibbons attended the University of Cambridge and the State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. She lives in London.