Adelaide writer Vincent Burke was born in war-torn London in 1942. Raised as a Catholic, he trained for the priesthood for several years, including a few years in Rome, but decided this was not for him. Penguin UK published his book about the first national strike by British teachers.

Barbara Cameron-Smith's career spans more than 40 years researching and delivering natural and cultural heritage interpretation projects for the public and private sectors, including exhibitions, publications and outdoor interpretive signage.

Michael Delahaye is an independent television producer and occasional print journalist. He is a former BBC TV news reporter, correspondent and documentary producer. As a senior media consultant for the Thomson Foundation UK and Internews Network US, he has worked extensively across the former Soviet Union. Between 2004 and 2020, he trained journalists for the Al Jazeera Satellite Channel in Qatar, Bosnia and the US.

Emeritus Professor J.V.S. Megaw AM retired in 2006, having held a personal Chair of Visual Arts at Flinders University. Previously he was Professor and Head of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Leicester.

M. Ruth Megaw studied American and Australian History at the universities of Glasgow and Sydney and served in the UK diplomatic service before joining her husband in Australia. Having studied fine art in Adelaide, she worked with contemporary Indigenous Australian artists.

Jane Hardy studied art at the South Australian School of Art before joining the Australian diplomatic service. She was posted to missions in Malaysia, South Korea, Washington DC, Spain and Honolulu, and was the Ambassador to Spain.

Roger Zubrinich has spent time teaching English to adults and reluctant adolescents. He established a professional writing section at the Adelaide College of the Arts, and to add a bit of variation to his work history, he was an adviser to State Government Ministers. He has co-written four books, occupied judging panels for significant literary awards and has graced Arts funding committees. He had learned to drive by the time he was twelve but needed to wait until he was sixteen to get a licence. He's made the most of that opportunity. He and his wife Judy live in Adelaide overlooking the exceptional parklands that surround the city centre.

Lyn Dickens is an award-winning writer, editor, and academic. Her debut novel Salt Upon the Water was the winner of the 2024 Arts South Australia Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award. Of mixed Singaporean Peranakan Chinese and Anglo Celtic Australian heritage, Lyn is the Managing Editor and Co-Founder of The Saltbush Review. Lyn has won and been shortlisted for a variety of literary awards in Australia and internationally.

Peter Preece is the grandson of W.G. (Gordon) Heaslip, who provided access to the Heaslip Diaries and facilitated contact with Gordon's family.

Robert Fitzsimons (PhD) has a special interest in South Australian history - one of several fields of historical research in which he was engaged over many years at Flinders University.

Emeritus Professor Peter McDonald AM was the inaugural head of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Flinders University. In that role he joined the team that initiated the Flinders Medical Curriculum and established clinical and laboratory services for infectious diseases at Flinders Medical Centre. From Flinders, his research into antibiotic dosing was applied internationally to reduce the rate of sepsis after surgery and employed in developing new antibiotics.

Dr Jenny Aland PSM is an Adelaide-based visual arts educator, historical researcher and writer. With a background of more than forty years in secondary and tertiary visual arts education, Jenny has authored, co-authored (Heinemann: Australian Artlook, Art Connections 1 and 2) and edited numerous publications that focus on teaching visual arts in artistic, social and cultural contexts.

Heather Robinson is a writer and researcher specialising in the cultural history of the twentieth century. She is also a creative producer with thirty years of experience across the Australian GLAM sector and public service. In 2020, Robinson completed a PhD at Flinders University, exploring the creative industries policy impacts on cultural institutions and their communities. She is an Honorary Research Associate of Flinders University and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, an avid reader, Darwinian gardener, and passionate motorcyclist.

Jana Anvari assisted with the writing of I Was the Daughter They Stole.

Eileen Cummings is the author of I Was the Daughter They Stole.