Malcolm Nance is an Arabic-speaking former naval intelligence counterterrorism and intelligence officer specializing in the Middle East; a combat veteran; an expert in survival, evasion, resistance, and escape expert; a historian, and New York Times bestselling author. He spent thirty-five years participating in field and combat intelligence activity including both covert and clandestine anti-counterterrorism support to national intelligence agencies. He is a member of the board of advisors at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC; is honored as one of the noteworthy African-Americans in espionage; and is featured in the Academy Award–nominated documentary Dirty Wars. MSNBC has labeled him one the “unsung national security genius of our time.” He is executive director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy, Tactics, and Radical Ideologies.
Oliver Wyman is an actor and award-winning audiobook narrator. He has won five Audie Awards from the Audio Publisher’s Association, fourteen Earphone Awards, and two Listen Up Awards from Publisher’s Weekly. He was named a 2008 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture by AudioFile magazine. He has appeared on stage as well as in film and television, and he is a veteran voice actor who can be heard in numerous cartoons and video games. He is one of the founders of New York City’s Collective Unconscious theater, and his performances include the award-winning “reality play” Charlie Victor Romeo and A. R. McElhinney’s cult classic film A Chronicle of Corpses.