Don Elwell ("The Ganymeade Protocol","The Coyote Trilogy", "In The Shade") Has been in his time a college professor, director of film and television, journalist, and actor. . . .also, to that, add blacksmith, swordsman, reenactor, innkeeper, restauranteur, and sailor. He is the founder of both the Grindlebone and Greylight theatre companies and author of numerous works on the theatre, history, and sociology.
Raised in the deep south, Dr. Elwell grew up sailing the waters of the northern Gulf Coast. He acquired a love of theatre and literature from his father, vaudevillian performer Don Elwell Sr. and a love of the sea from his home on one of the barrier islands of the Gulf.
He currently resides in the Philadelphia area.....but he's building another boat.
Mai Reynolds ("Zaarabeth's World" series, as well as the upcoming novel of the same title) Born in Saigon, Mai Reynolds was raised in the Seattle area by her adoptive father, historian David Reynolds. She spent most of her young life buried in Seatte's culture of bookstores and coffeehouses until a Norman Bel Geddes print led her to theatrical design as a profession.
The somewhat reclusive Ms. Reynolds currently lives in Aukland, NZ with her SO Chloe, a cat named Dave, and a laptop named Mandy.