Ted Fox is the author of Showtime at the Apollo: The Story of Harlem's World Famous Theater-the definitive and only full-scale history of Harlem's legendary showplace and the source material for this graphic novel adaptation-and In the Groove, a collection of interviews with those who have shaped the music industry.

He is also a producer and manager, most notably for four-time Grammy nominee Buckwheat Zydeco. He lives in Manhattan and upstate New York.

James Otis Smith is a multitalented artist whose work spans illustration, comics, motion graphics, and video.

Formerly a member of the Act-i-vate Comics collective, he designed and illustrated the children's book Madunia: Stories of the Ancient Lands with writer James McCammon, among other titles.

Smith lives in Brooklyn, New York. Showtime at the Apollo is his debut graphic novel