Matt Richardson was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario, in 1966. His earlier works include a comprehensive field guide on primates and a biography of the English author/zoologist Gerald Durrell. In addition to a love of history, the arts, and science, Matt has also had a lifelong interest in wildlife conservation, and had travelled extensively throughout the world. He currently resides in Markham, just outside of Toronto.
Shawn Wallace is an editor at O'Reilly and lives in Providence, RI. He is also a member of the Fluxama artist collective responsible for new iOS musical instruments such as Noisemusick and Doctor Om. He designed open hardware kits at Modern Device and taught the Fab Academy at the Providence Fab Lab. For years he was the managing director of the AS220 art space and is a cofounder of the SMT Computing Society.