Derek B. Miller was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and has lived abroad for over fifteen years in Israel, England, Hungary, Switzerland, and Norway. His interest in fiction began a few years after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College. Currently, Derek is the director of The Policy Lab and a senior fellow with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. He has a PhD in international relations from the University of Geneva, and an MA in national security studies from Georgetown University, in cooperation with St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford. He lives in Oslo with his wife and children.
Robert Slade is a Canadian stage, film and television actor residing in London. He began his career in theatre and has since expanded to work in film and television. His on-screen roles include children's show Fred Penner's Place and For the Moment, alongside Russell Crowe. In 2005, he moved to London where his career flourished appearing in Casino Royale, Hyde Park on Hudson, Red Lights and in the BBC documentary The Wild West: Billy the Kid. He has also recorded radio commercials and audiobooks and appeared as multiple characters in the computer games So Blonde and ShellShock2.