Michael Bamberger was born in Patchogue, New York. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, he worked as a newspaper reporter, first for the Vineyard Gazette and later for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Since 1995 he has been a senior writer at Sports Illustrated magazine. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Christine.
Mike Chamberlain is an actor and voice-over performer, as well as an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. Along with animation and video game characters, Mike performs narration and voices promos for television. He lives with his wife and daughter in Southern California.