Andrea McCloud penned The Girl's Guide to Surfing while on an eight-month surf safari which took her to the beaches of Baja, mainland Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. She lives in San Diego.
Symbolon's work has been exhibited extensively in London, New York, and Japan, featured on the BBC, and has appeared in several magazines in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. He lives in Tokyo.