George Saunders is the author of nine books, including Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the 2017 Man Booker Prize, was shortlisted for the Golden Man Booker Prize, and won the Premio Gregor von Rezzori Prize 2018. Tenth of December was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the inaugural Folio Prize. He has received MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships and the PEN/Malamud Prize for excellence in the short story, and was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2013, he was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.

Chelsea Cardinal is a graphic designer, illustrator and fashion designer. She grew up on the Canadian prairies, attended the Alberta College of Art + Design, moved to New York in 2005, worked at GQ Magazine for many years and is now freelancing.