Geoff Wisner is an author, editor, and book reviewer based in New York City. A board member of the Thoreau Society, his books include Thoreau's Wildflowers, Thoreau's Animals and A Year of Birds: Writings on Birds in the Journal of Henry David Thoreau. He is currently editing a volume of the Civil War diaries of George Templeton Strong for the Library of America. He earned a degree in English and American Literature from Harvard University and has written for the Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and The Wall Street Journal.

Barry Van Dusen is an internationally recognized wildlife artist living in central Massachusetts who is known for working directly from life, even when sketching difficult subjects like wild birds. His articles and paintings have been featured in Bird Watcher's Digest, Birding and Yankee magazines and he has illustrated a variety of natural history books, including A Year of Birds and several pocket guides. He is also author of Finding Sanctuary, in which he describes and illustrates 61 of Mass Audubon’s wildlife sanctuaries, nature centers and museums.