William Nothdurft is the international award-winning author of more than a dozen nonfiction books covering a wide range of topics. Many of these books were ghost-written for others, including Bill Clinton, Al Gore, several famous mountaineers, a team of dinosaur-hunters, a renowned physician, and others. Writing as Will North, he is also the author of two critically acclaimed works of fiction, The Long Walk Home and Water, Stone, Heart (Shaye Areheart Books), both of which have been published in more than a dozen foreign languages.

Kate Reading is the recipient of multiple "AudioFile" Earphones Awards and has been named by "AudioFile" magazine as a Voice of the Century, as well as the Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2008 and 2009 and Best Voice in Biography & Culture in 2010. She has narrated works by authors as Jane Austen, Robert Jordan, Edith Wharton, and Sophie Kinsella. Reading has performed at numerous theaters in Washington D.C. and received a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in Aunt Dan and Lemon. "AudioFile" Magainze reports that, "With subtle control of characters and sense of pacing, Kate s performances are a consistent pleasure.."