Natalya Tariq is an illustrator based in Ottawa, who grew up in Russia and lived in Saudi Arabia. With a professional background in translation, Natalya has a keen interest in different countries, languages and cultures. She started illustration in 2021 as a hobby and developed her art into a second career.

Shireen Ahmed is an award-winning multi-platform Sports Journalist at CBC Sports, and Instructor of Sports Journalism and Sport Media at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is a global expert on Muslim women in Sport, and internationally recognized for her work on racism and misogyny in sports. Shireen lives in Mississauga with her husband, children and cat. She drinks coffee as a tool of resistance.

Charlene Smith is a hijabi who tries to keep up with her six children in various sports. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta. She spends winters downhill skiing in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and summers downhill mountain biking in the Coast and Columbia Mountains of British Columbia. Game Changers is her first book.