Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of several books including
The Amistad Rebellion (Viking 2012) and
The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic (Beacon 2000). He worked with David Lester and Paul Buhle to adapt his book
The Fearless Benjamin Lay (2017) into
Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, a Graphic Novel (Beacon, 2021) and
Villains of All Nations into
Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel (Beacon 2023).
David Lester illustrated the award-winning
1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike. He illustrated
Prophet against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, a Graphic Novel (Beacon, 2021) and
Villains of All Nations into
Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel (Beacon 2023). He is the guitarist in the rock duo Mecca Normal.
Paul Buhle is retired Senior Lecturer at Brown University and the authorized biographer of Pan African giant C.L.R. James. He has edited over a dozen nonfiction graphic novels, including Studs Terkel's
Working and
A Peoples' History of the American Empire (an adaptation of Zinn). He worked with David Lester and Marcus Rediker to produce
Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay, a Graphic Novel (Beacon 2021) and
Under the Banner of King Death: Pirates of the Atlantic, a Graphic Novel (Beacon 2023). Buhle lives in Providence, Rhode Island.