David Meyers was a writer, editor and artist for Columbus Alive, and a regular columnist for Senior Times. Meyers is coauthor of Look to Lazarus and Ohio Jazz. Elise Meyers Walker has a degree in art history from Hofstra University. She has worked as a freelance writer and photographer, and is coauthor of Look to Lazarus and Historic Columbus Crimes. A native of Wapakoneta, Ohio, James Dailey II graduated from the School of Advertising Art in Dayton, Ohio. He is curator of The Dailey Archives, an important assembly of artifacts, early photography and ephemera. It also comprises the largest privately held collection of Ohio prison memorabilia.