Jack Batten graduated from the University of Toronto Law School, class of 1957, but chose to make his living as a freelance writer. As well as countless articles for such magazines as Maclean's, Rolling Stone and Toronto Life, he has written more than forty books. Seven are crime novels, and the rest cover a range of nonfiction. These include several biographies. His book about the long distance runner Tom Longboat won the Norma Fleck Award. Many of the other biographies portray lawyers and judges in professional action in and out of courtrooms in every region of Canada.

Hon. Nancy Morrison has practiced law and adjudicated in Ontario, Saskatchewan, BC, Yukon, and NWT. As a judge, she she served nine years on the British Columbia Provincial Criminal Court, and 15 years on the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Raised in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, she now lives in Vancouver, BC.

John L. Hill is a lawyer who defends criminals and penitentiary inmates. He is a triple graduate of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, holds an Honours B.A. and M.A. in political science and a J.D. from the School of Law. He earned an LL.M. in Constitutional Law from Osgoode Hall Law school in Toronto. He lectures internationally on prison law topics at conferences of the International Association of Psychiatry and the Law.

Lorene Shyba PhD is publisher at Durvile & UpRoute Books, series editor of the True Cases series, and co-editor of the Indigenous Spirit of Nature series, with Raymond Yakeleya.

Raymond Yakeleya is a Dene First Nations author, activist, and filmmaker Raymond Yakeleya from Tulita, Northwest Territories. He is co-editor of Durvile's Indigenous Spirit of Nature book series.