David Seal is an instructor at Cornerstone University and Lansing Community College. He has co-authored Performing Scripture (2019) and has also written Prayer as Divine Experience in 4 Ezra and John's Apocalypse: Emotions, Empathy, and Engagement with God (2019).

Sharon K. Smith is an instructor at Lansing Community College and Mott Community College. She is also employed full-time as an ordained Lutheran minister. This is her first published book.