Dr. Nicholas Laluk (Foreword) is a member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe (the Ndee) located in east-central Arizona and is an Indigenous archaeologist interested in the continued decolonization and Indigenization of the archaeological discipline. He received his PhD from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, took a postdoctoral position at the Center for Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University, and followed this with a position with his own Tribe as Deputy Historic Preservation Officer. He has worked for the U.S. Forest Service as a Tribal liaison-archaeologist, as well as a wildland firefighter and wildland fire cultural heritage resource advisor. He continues to advocate for epistemic and social justice, inclusion and the critical need for the Indigenous voice to be included in all stages of research-related and real-world activities.

James Ball (Author)is a writer specializing in history and education. A former secondary school history teacher, he has been authoring highly successful books for publishers including Oxford University Press and York Press for over 15 years. James has written titles on topics as diverse as the American West, the history of medicine, medieval China and Henry VIII.

J.K. Jackson is General Editor of The World's Greatest Myths and Legends series, with titles including 'Myths of Babylon', 'Indian Myth', 'Egyptian Myth', 'Norse Myth' and 'Polynesian Island Myth'. He is editor of 'Myths and Legends' and foreword writer for 'Celtic Myths and Tales'. Other related work includes articles on the Philosophy of Time, 'Macbeth, A Gothic Chaos' and William Blake's use of mythology in his visionary literature.