About the Authors

Steve Radlauer was born in Brooklyn before Brooklyn was cool. He is the author or coauthor of a bunch of books as well as a gaggle of articles for such varied publications (floppy things printed on paper) as New York magazine, Spy, Esquire, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, Asian Art News, Hamptons Country, and the Off The Wall Street Journal and Irrational Inquirer parodies. He has worked in television as a writer and producer, is a founder of a travel-app developer, has been a creative on dozens of major-client advertising campaigns and an officer of two nonprofit arts organizations, and was a restaurateur (The Ritz, Toronto) before people even knew the word “restaurateur.” He did a considerable amount of his undergrad work at “Little Ivy” Union College and holds a BS degree from “Non Ivy” University of the State of New York. He and his wife, Kerry Willis, PhD, live in the famous borough of Manhattan.

Ellis Weiner was born and raised in Baltimore back when the Colts still played there. He has been an editor of National Lampoon, a columnist for Spy, and a contributor to four trillion magazines, back when they existed, including the still-extant New Yorker.

He enjoyed an extensive career as a writer for children’s television until, for some reason, it stopped overnight. He has done a radio show dedicated to Brazilian music and has taught humor-writing at UCLA.

He is the author of numerous books and is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Sherman Oaks Review of Books (www.shermanoaksreview.com), an online humor magazine. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Barbara Davilman, and a continually changing array of dogs.

He is a graduate of the prestigious University of Pennsylvania.

Randy Jones (artist), as a child, could often be found on his family’s farm in southwestern Ontario, sketching and doodling; there was never a question as to what he would pursue as a career. Leaving his rural roots, he attended an urban school that offered a comprehensive art program. There his gift flourished and he recognized that illustration and cartoons—historical, classical, political, social, satirical—were his favorite genres. His first commercial project was for the University of Toronto Press, followed by several years of editorial work for major Canadian newspapers and magazines. Eventually, he moved to New York City, where his talent and originality were quickly recognized and his work started appearing in the National Lampoon, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report, and many other publications.