EDEN FRANCIS COMPTON is a pseudonym for the writing team of William Roetzheim and Randy Becker. William started his career in the tech industry. After launching multiple software companies, he turned his attention to writing, penning an award-winning trilogy of plays about America's great poets. Randy is an Emmy-nominated producer who began his career as an actor starring in film, television, and on Broadway, including the Tony Award-winning play Love! Valour! Compassion! He now expresses his creativity through writing and producing. This is the third book William and Randy have co-authored as Eden Francis Compton, including Emily and Catch & Kill.
Diane Taylor is the author of seven nonfiction books for young readers, ages nine to fifteen. Her titles from Nomad Press include World War II: From the Rise of the Nazi Party to the Dropping of the Atomic Bomb, The Renaissance Thinkers, and The Science of Natural Disasters: When Nature and Humans Collide. She also writes fiction for adults; Death Valley is her first novel with Level 4 Press. Diane lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.