Sarah B. Hood has taught for more than twenty years at George Brown College and is the author of the preserving cookbook We Sure Can!, which was shortlisted for Taste Canada, Canada’s national food writing award. She lives in Toronto.
Frances F. Berdan is Professor Emerita of Anthropology, California State University San Bernardino. Among her numerous books and articles are (with Michael E. Smith) Everyday Life in the Aztec World (2020), Aztec Archaeology and Ethnohistory (2014), and (ed. with Patricia Anawalt) The Codex Mendoza (1992).
Liz Williams is a writer and journalist. She lives in Glastonbury, where she co-owns a witchcraft shop, and where she also lectures in creative writing. Her books include Miracles of Our Own Making: A History of Paganism (2020), also published by Reaktion Books.
Jake Poller teaches in the English department at Queen Mary University of London. His books include Aldous Huxley (Reaktion, 2021).
Christopher Breward is Director, National Museums Scotland. He is the author of The Hidden Consumer (1999), Fashion (2003) and Fashioning London (2004).
Florike Egmond is a cultural historian specializing in 16th-century natural history. She works at the Dutch National Archive in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Gina Louise Hunter is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Illinois State University.
Randy Malamud, Regents’ Professor of English at Georgia State University, has written eleven books including Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity, The Importance of Elsewhere: The Globalist Humanist Tourist, and Email.
David Archibald taught at Yale University and is emeritus professor of biology, San Diego State University. He is the author or co-editor of many books including Charles Darwin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works (2018).
Wray Vamplew is Emeritus Professor of Sports History at the University of Stirling and Global Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He was a General Editor for the six-volume Cultural History of Sport (2021), and his many books include How the Game Was Played: Essays in Sports History (2016).