Patrick Notestine attended UCLA School for Pre-hospital Care and graduated as a paramedic in 1986. In 1993, the author answered an advertisement to work at a hospital in Saudi Arabia. Working on the private medical staff of King Abdullah, he enjoyed unprecedented access to the "House of Saud."
Fajer Al-Kaisi is an actor for the stage and screen as well as an accomplished voice-over artist and narrator with over a hundred audiobook credits. He has been nominated for a Drama Leagues Award and was named an Audie Award finalist in 2015. He has also received several AudioFile Earphones Awards.