JAMES BRADLEY is Professor Emeritus in Biological Sciences at Auburn University. After studying biochemistry and cell and developmental biology at the Universities of Wisconsin and Washington, he moved to Auburn to teach cellular biology and direct graduate research on the biochemistry of insect eggs and embryos. He lives with his wife in Alabama where they show their grandchildren the wonders of nature through camping, fishing, gardening, and rockhounding.

JAY LAMAR worked in arts and humanities outreach at Auburn University, where she was the founding director of the Alabama Center for the Book, before becoming executive director of the Alabama Bicentennial Commission. She has been a writer and editor for almost thirty years and is coeditor of The Remembered Gate: Memoirs by Alabama Writers. She lives in Auburn, Alabama.

David T. King Jr. is Professor of Geology in the Department of Geology and Geography at Auburn University. He is also director of the Concepts of Science program at Auburn. He earned a BS in geology from the University of Louisiana-Monroe, an MS in geology from the University of Houston, and a PhD in geology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He teaches integrated science, introductory geology, and sedimentary and impact geology courses. His research interests include the effects of extraterrestrial impact upon Earth history and the rock record.

James Bradley (Editor)
JAMES BRADLEY is Professor Emeritus in Biological Sciences at Auburn University. After studying biochemistry and cell and developmental biology at the Universities of Wisconsin and Washington, he moved to Auburn to teach cellular biology and direct graduate research on the biochemistry of insect eggs and embryos. He lives with his wife in Alabama where they show their grandchildren the wonders of nature through camping, fishing, gardening, and rockhounding.

Jay Lamar (Editor)
JAY LAMAR worked in arts and humanities outreach at Auburn University, where she was the founding director of the Alabama Center for the Book, before becoming executive director of the Alabama Bicentennial Commission. She has been a writer and editor for almost thirty years and is coeditor of The Remembered Gate: Memoirs by Alabama Writers. She lives in Auburn, Alabama.