Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an acclaimed poet, activist, anarchist philosopher, and editor. He is one of the founders of City Lights, the legendary bookstore and publishing house in San Francisco, which published the early works of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and many other poets from the Beat generation. Ferlinghetti has authored more than thirty books, including his most acclaimed work of poetry, A Coney Island of the Mind, which has sold more than 1 million copies and has been translated into nine languages. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Frederic Amat is a visual artist, painter, filmmaker, and writer who has illustrated a number of books, including a rare edition of A Thousand and One Nights for the Gutenberg Galaxy. His films include Viaje a la luna and El aullido. He lives in Barcelona, Spain, with his wife and son.