The coauthor of more than a dozen books, William R. Evans III has worked in advertising, marketing, and sales promotion, and is currently writing for young adults. Ashton Applewhite has been a literary agent and book editor; she is now a freelance editor at work on a family memoir. Andrew Frothingham became a writer after earning two Harvard degrees and surviving careers in advertising, real estate, carpentry, research, and education. He has both given and written speeches on subjects ranging from fashion to computers.