David R. Montgomery is a professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington and a 2008 MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of The Rocks Don't Lie and other award-winning popular science books. He lives in Seattle with his wife, author and biologist Anne Bikle, and Loki, their guide-dog dropout.
Anne Bikle is a biologist and environmental planner. Her career spans the fields of environmental stewardship, habitat restoration, and public health. The Hidden Half of Nature is her first book.