Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. Her previous books include the Writing With Ease, Writing With Skill, and Story of the World series from Well-Trained Mind Press, as well as The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Rethinking School, The Story of Western Science: From the Writings of Aristotle to the Big Bang Theory, and the History of the World series, all from W. W. W. Norton. She has a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William & Mary in Virginia, as well as an M.

A. in seventeenth-century literature and a Master of Divinity in Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature. For fifteen years, she taught literature and composition at the College of William and Mary. Kayla Meyers is a writer, cultural historian, and educator living in Austin, Texas with past lives in Madrid, Spain and Richmond, Virginia. She writes about all things pop culture and contemporary political rhetoric and has published work in academic journals and magazines, including The Journal of Popular Culture. Kayla has presented her work at numerous academic conferences, and worked helped program the 2017 Southeastern American Studies Conference as well as the 2019 SXSW EDU Conference & Festival. She's been teaching writing and English for over four years with the Well-Trained Mind Academy and have a forthcoming book Who Said What? with The Well-Trained Mind Press.