Maureen Sullivan is a business and style writer and the author of
E-SPEAK (Harcourt) and Boomerangers (Thomson). Her articles on communications have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, and articles on style have been featured in Coastal Living. She lives on the North Fork of Long Island.

Alison Josephs is a painter and owner of Josephs Design, Inc., a graphic design studio in New York City. She is a graduate of Cornell University and has studied in Florence and Assisi. Her painting focuses on New York themes such as Yankee Stadium and Coney Island. Alison lives in Hoboken with her ankle-high Norwich Terrier, Ruby.