Jan Fook was born and raised in Sydney and discovered the love of dogs at an early age. In addition to pursuing a career as an academic, she has always had dogs in her home life. She has a firm belief that the vital role dogs play in our happiness is yet to be fully recognised. 

In the future, Jan hopes to be able to combine her two greatest loves, dogs and writing. In the meantime she is Professor of Social Work at La Trobe University, Bendigo and the author/editor of numerous books including: Transforming Social Work Practice; Breakthroughs in Practice; Radical Casework; Professional Expertise; Critical Social Work in Changing Contexts; and The Reflective Researcher.

Susan Hawthorne is a writer, publisher and circus performer. One of the themes of her novel, The Falling Woman, is the experience of epilepsy. She also writes performance scripts, poetry and non-fiction; has edited ten anthologies; and is the author of The Spinifex Quiz Book. She has won awards for her poetry, fiction and non-fiction writing, as well as in the fields of editing and business. In 1995 she was a speaker on the writers panel at the 21st International Epilepsy Congress held in Sydney. She co-edited with Renate Klein Cyberfeminism: Connectivity, Critique and Creativity (1999), and with Bronwyn Winter, September 11,2001: Feminist Perspectives (2002). Her latest books are Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation and Bio/diversity (2002) and a collection of poetry, The Butterfly Effect (2005). 

Renate Klein admits that the joys of dog companionship came to her after establishing herself as a writer and academic. She has been Associate Professor of Women's Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne and the author/editor of numerous well known books including Test Tube Women; Theories of Women's Studies (with Gloria Bowles); Man-Made Women; Infertility; Radically Speaking (with Diane Bell); Radical Voices; CyberFeminism and a number of other anthologies. She says of herself that she still cares passionately about social justice for women, particularly in the area of reproductive and cyber technologies, but her dog, River makes her laugh and cry much more these days and experience pure joie de vivre.