Janet W. Hardy is the author of more than ten books and the founder of Greenery Press, a now defunct publisher specializing in sexually adventurous works. She has an MFA in creative writing from St. Mary's College and swore off monogamy in 1987.

Dossie Easton is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in alternative sexualities and relationships with twenty years of experience counseling open relationships. She is the author of five books and has been an ethical slut since 1969.