David Friend (davidfriend.net), Vanity Fair’s editor of creative development, is the author of Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11. He won Emmy and Peabody Awards as an executive producer of the CBS documentary 9/11. He is also an editor of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood, Oscar Night, and Vanity Fair, The Portraits. He lives in New Rochelle, New York.
 
Michael Rex (www.michaelrex.com) has written and illustrated over twenty children’s books, including the New York Times #1 bestseller Goodnight Goon, The Runaway Mummy, Truck Duck, and the Fangbone series. He has a master’s degree in visual arts education (K-12) and worked as a New York City art teacher for four years. He visits schools across the country, and has appeared on The Celebrity Apprentice as a guest illustrator. He lives in Leonia, New Jersey, with his wife and their two sons.