Gary Kamiya is the author of the #1 SF bestseller Cool Gray City of Love, which won the Northern California Book Award for Creative Nonfiction and is widely considered one of the best books ever written about San Francisco. He is the writer of a very popular history column for the SanFrancisco Chronicle. A co-founder of Salon.com and the longtime executive editor of San Francisco magazine, Kamiya has been a fixture on the Bay Area literary scene for more than 30 years. He lives in San Francisco.
Paul Madonna is the prizewinning author of four books, including two sui generis bestsellers set in San Francisco, All Over Coffee and Everything Is Its Own Reward. His original drawings are exhibited internationally at museums and galleries. Madonna also has many corporate clients, including Google, Starbucks, and Anchor Brewing Company. Most significantly, he was the first (ever) art intern at Mad magazine. He lives in San Francisco.