Katie Thune is an educator, author, and advocate for people with disabilities. She has her teaching license in health education, and special education K-12, as well as an MA in education. She worked as a teacher for Saint Paul Public Schools in Minnesota for 12 years and provides extensive curriculum writing on relationships and sexuality education.

Molly Gage has an MA and PhD in English from the University of Minnesota. She founded Modern Writing Services to help writers express progressive ideas in works of rigorous, thought-provoking nonfiction.