Joseph Marshall III was born and raised on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Raised in a traditional native household by his maternal grandparents, his first language is Lakota. In that environment he also learned the ancient tradition of oral storytelling.

Joseph taught at the high school and university levels, and developed curriculum as well. Now he writes full time, having published six nonfiction works, and one novel, and was contributing author in four other publications; and has written several screenplays. Several of his books have been published in French, Hebrew, and Korean.

Peter Nabokov, an anthropologist and writer, is professor of American Indian Studies and World Arts and Cultures at UCLA.  Peter has conducted ethnographic and ethno historical research with Native American communities throughout North America.  He is the author of numerous articles and reports and has published eight books, including, most recently Where the Lightning Strikes; The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places, which writer N. Scott Momaday called “a first-rate and indispensable evocation of sacred places in the American Indian world.”