Urban Babies Wear Black creator MICHELLE SINCLAIR COLMAN lives and writes in Waccabuc, New York.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Jeanne Beker began acting at the age of sixteen. In the early '70s, she studied acting at the Herbert Berghoff Studio in New York, mime with Etienne Decroux in Paris, and theater at Toronto's York University. In 1975, Beker landed her first media job with CBC Radio in St. John's, Newfoundland. In 1979, she launched and cohosted the groundbreaking TV series "The New Music "at City TV. Beker helped launch MuchMusic in 1983 and launched Fashion Television in 1985, which is now seen in over 100 countries.
Beker began writing a column in Flare magazine in the early '90s, and launched "@fashion," one of the first fashion sites on the Internet. In 2003, Beker also launched "FQ Magazine," then "SIR Magazine" in 2005. Jeanne Beker is currently the cocreator and coexecutive producer of "Cover Stories," a syndicated documentary TV series about the behind-the-scenes workings of "FQ" and "SIR" magazines.
Born and raised in Montreal, Nathalie Dion, who studied Design Art at Concordia University, has been an illustrator since 1996. Working mainly with watercolors, she also uses ink, gouache, and Photoshop. She loves to create images that reflect the lighter side of life.