ALAN WEISMAN, author of An Echo in My Blood and Gaviotas, has written for The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine and many others. He has been a contributing editor to The Los Angeles Times Magazine. A former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Colombia, he has received many awards, including a Los Angeles Press Club Award for Best Feature Story and a Robert F. Kennedy citation for reporting on the disadvantaged. He teaches international journalism at the University of Arizona.

Adam Grupper is a voice artist and actor. His audiobook narrations have earned six Earphones Awards and a nomination in 2008 for the prestigious Audie Award. His Broadway performances include Baz Luhrmann s "La Boheme", "45 Seconds from Broadway", "The Wild Party", "Guys and Dolls", among others. He has appeared in such films as "Two Weeks Notice" and "It Runs in the Family" and on television in "The Sopranos", "Hack", "Third Watch", "Now and Again", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", and "Law & Order: SVU".