Paul O'Neill was a professional actor in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, before working as a producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is the author of 11 books, including No Need to Wear Rubbers: The 1925 Travel Diary of James O'Neil. He has won numerous prizes for his writings, including the Freedom of the City award in recognition of his contributions to the City of St. John's.

Edward Roberts has been involved in public life in Newfoundland and Labrador for fifty-five years, as a journalist, lawyer, and politician. He was a member of the House of Assembly for twenty-three years and served as Newfoundland and Labrador’s lieutenant governor between 2002 and 2008. He was honorary colonel of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment from 2003 to 2008, thus re-establishing the link between that office and that of the lieutenant governor, the Queen’s personal representative in Newfoundland and Labrador. He has long been passionately interested in the history of Newfoundland and her people. His first book, as editor, Peter Cashin: My Fight for Newfoundland (2012), was a Globe and Mail bestseller.