Christian Cooper is the New York Times bestselling author of Better Living Through Birding , a science and comics writer and editor, and the host and consulting producer of Extraordinary Birder on Disney+. One of Marvel's first openly gay writers and editors, Cooper introduced the first gay male character in Star Trek , in the Starfleet Academy series, which was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. He also introduced the first openly lesbian character for Marvel and created and authored Queer Nation: The Online Gay Comic. Based in New York City, he is on the board of directors for NYC Audubon. Kristen Adam is an Illustrator and print & pattern designer based in the beautiful city of San Francisco. What inspires her most is finding magic in the seemingly ordinary. When she's not wandering the woods looking for wildflowers, she loves stargazing, reading sci-fi/fantasy novels, and doing tarot card readings.