Terry Andrews was the pseudonym of George Selden (1929-1989), best known for his 1961 children's book The Cricket in Times Square, which won the Newbery Honor and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) is the author and illustrator of The Unstrung Harp, The Curious Sofa, The Haunted Tea-Cosy, and The Epiplectic Bicycle, among many other books. In addition to illustrating his own stories, Gorey provided drawings to hundreds of books for both children and adults.

Steven Pfau is the author of Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship, published by Catapult in 2026. He graduated from the University of Idaho's MFA program, and his work has appeared in Guernica, The Iowa Review, Passages North, and other publications. He lives in Los Angeles.