Stephen Weiner is the director of the Maynard Public Library in Maynard, Massachusetts, and a comics historian and critic who has been a pioneering advocate for graphic novels in public libraries and education and has published numerous articles and reviews about comic art. He is the author of 100 Graphic Novels for Public Libraries , The 101 Best Graphic Novels , and  Faster than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel . He is coauthor of Hellboy: The Companion , Using Graphic Novels with Children and Teens: A Guide for Teachers and Librarians , and The Will Eisner Companion . He is a recipient of the Comic Creator's Guild Award. He lives in Maynard, Massachusetts. Daniel J. Fingeroth is a former writer and editor at Marvel Comics and has written stories for comics anthologies including Studs Terkel's Working . He is the author of Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero ; and Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society ; The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels .

He is a creative consultant to Will Eisner Studios and Wizard World Comics Conventions.