Ben Duncan is a writer and broadcaster based in England. He is author of the novel "Little Friends and of numerous articles that have appeared in "The Guardian, New Society, Punch, The Spectator, and "The Times Literary Supplement. John Howard teaches in the Department of American Studies at King's College, University of London. He is author of the widely-acclaimed study "Men Like That: A Southern Queer History and editor of "Carryin' On in the Lesbian and Gay South and two volumes of postwar gay literature."