ABOUT THE AUTHORS

STEVE AOKI is an Asian-American electronic musician, record producer, DJ, and music executive. He has collaborated with artists such as Daddy Yankee, Migos, Tiësto, Linkin Park, blink-182, Lil Jon, and Fall Out Boy, and has released several Billboard-charting studio albums, notably Wonderland, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album in 2013. His most recent album, Neon Future III, which serves as the third chapter of the Neon Future concept albums, featured BTS, Louis Tomlinson, Lil Yachty, Bill Nye, and many more. He was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Newport Beach, California, and is the founder of the Aoki Foundation, whose primary goal is to support organizations in the brain science and research areas, with a specific focus on regenerative medicine and brain preservation, as well as humanitarian causes such as disaster relief, developmental disabilities, and animal rights. You can sign up for email updates here.

    

DANIEL PAISNER is the author or coauthor of more than sixty books, including sixteen New York Times bestsellers. As a ghostwriter, he has collaborated with such leading personalities as tennis great Serena Williams, football legend Ray Lewis, two-term Ohio governor John Kasich, Academy Award–winning actors Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, and Anthony Quinn, and former world-champion longboard surfer Izzy Paskowitz. He is the winner of two NAACP Image Awards for his work with Shark Tank panelist and serial entrepreneur Daymond John. He is also the author of three novels and several works of nonfiction. You can sign up for email updates here.