The authors are a pair of self-described “nerds with social skills” with a shared passion of reading, science fiction and fantasy. They have been married for twenty-four years.

Robert Baranowski is trained as an attorney, and he currently practices in the areas of civil and criminal litigation, trademarks and copyrights, estate planning, and disability law. He is currently licensed to practice in Wisconsin and in the 7^th Federal District. Laura Baranowski has a Masters of Science in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin, and has worked extensively in the Department of Biochemistry and for the State of Wisconsin as a grant specialist.

They own a consulting business (Baranowski Associates, LLC) in which they assist high-tech businesses obtain research funds, primarily in the medical and technical fields.

They have both had a lifelong love of science fiction and fantasy, and both have written fiction as a hobby since they were children. Within the last ten years, they have attended fiction-writing seminars taught by professional writers such as Lori Devoti, Jim Butcher, Nancy Kress, and Walter Jon Williams.

They have two adult sons and a sixteen-year-old daughter who lives at home and livens up their life. They also have a pair of fluffy white fur-children (miniature American Eskimo dogs) named Pikachu and Pippin.