Stephanie McCann is an independent medical and scientific illustrator with 30 years of experience. She received an M.A. in Medical and Biological Illustration from The Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Ms. McCann is an instructor at Santa Barbara City College, currently teaching digital drawing (Multimedia Arts and Technology Department) and previously teaching biological illustration (Biology Department).

Eric Wise , the author of several lab manuals in the field of anatomy and physiology, has been teaching biology for over 30 years. He received B.A. degrees in Biology, Botany, and French from Humboldt State University in Northern California and an M.A. in Biology from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Mr. Wise is former department chair and current instructor at Santa Barbara City College, where he has taught for more than 25 years and directs a study abroad program on physical anthropology and tropical ecology in Costa Rica.