Jonelle Patrick is a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Language Institute. She first moved to Tokyo in 2003, and now splits her time between San Francisco and Tokyo. Since then, she has authored five novels based in Japan, and continues to write about Japanese culture.
Cindy Kay is a Chinese-Thai-American narrator and educator who grew up in the California Bay Area and lives in the Rockies. Her work has been described as listening to a "cozy best friend." She narrates fiction and nonfiction, and has studied Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, and Japanese.