Charles Murray is the W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He came to national attention first in 1984 with Losing Ground and most recently in 2012 with Coming Apart. He lives with his wife in Burkittsville, Maryland.

Michael Kogge is an author, comic book writer, and screenwriter. He is a frequent collaborator with Lucasfilm, Lucas Arts, Activision, and Blizzard. Kogge was the recipient of the National Hispanic Media Coalition's Television Writer's Fellowship and was also a distinguished Fulbright Scholar. He is known for his work on Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Incredibuilds: Star Wars: Millenium Falcon Deluxe Book and Model Set, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens Junior Novel.

Greg Weisman (BA Stanford, MPW U.S.C.) has been a storyteller all his life. His first professional work was as an Associate Editor and Freelance Writer for DC Comics, where he worked on the Captain Atom title, among others.

Greg worked at Walt Disney Television Animation from 1989 through 1996. He rose through the ranks to become Director of Series Development for the division, working on such diverse properties as Darkwing Duck, Gummi Bears, TaleSpin, Bonkers, Raw Toonage, Duck Tales the Movie, Aladdin the Series and The Mighty Ducks, among others.