Carmel McCaffrey i s a native o f Dublin, I reland, and currently lectures on Irish history, literature, culture, and language at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Active in literary and historical societies in both Ireland and the United States, M s . McCaffrey founded Wild About Wilde, the acclaimed literary review she published and edited between 1 986 and 1996. Along with her popular university courses on early Irish history and Celtic studies, Ms. McCaffrey also lectures on major Irish writers. She is a Gaelic speaker and frequently travels back to Ireland. She lives in Mount Airy, Maryland.
Leo Eaton is a writer and filmmaker who has produced, written, and directed television and film in Europe and the United States for thirty years, and has been honored with many of television's major awards. Among his many credits are Michael Wood's Conquistadors (PBS and BBC-1V, 2001 ) and In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (PBS and B BC-Tv, 1998). He also co-created and executiveproduced the Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series Zoboomafoo with Chris and Martin Kratt, as well as their earlier PBS school-age series Kratt's Creatures. London-born, Mr. Eaton currently lives in New Windsor, Maryland.