Charlotte Gill was born in London and raised in Canada and the United States. Her book Eating Dirt was a national bestseller that won the B.C. National Award for Canadian Nonfiction and was also shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize and the RBC Taylor Prize. She is also the author of Almost Brown, a mixed-race family memoir, and Ladykiller, which was a Governor General's Award nominee. She lives on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada.

Claire Cameron is the author of multiple bestselling and award-winning books, including How to Survive a Bear Attack: A Memoir and The Last Neanderthal. Claire has led canoe trips in Algonquin Park and worked as an instructor for Outward Bound, teaching mountaineering, climbing, and whitewater rafting in Oregon and beyond. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Guardian, and she is a monthly contributor to The Globe and Mail. She lives in Toronto.