Lori Baird has more than 20 years experience in publishing. She has authored several books on subjects ranging from household organization to health and fitness. A native of Pennsylvania, Lori now makes her home in New York City. Marcel Brousseau, a native Bay Stater, first viewed the sweeping national landscape through the window of a maroon minivan on family drives to Tennessee and Minnesota. An author and poet, he has journeyed around the United States, and lived in the New York City area for many years. He now resides with his wife in Santa Barbara, California. Amber Rose, a native New Yorker, has returned to her home state after sojourns in Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. She has been a contributing author to books on subjects such as space exploration and natural history and currently resides in Manhattan.