Rupert Christiansen was born in London and educated at King's College, Cambridge. After further study as a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University, he has written several books, including Romantic Affinities, Paris Babylon, and The Visitors, as well as articles for The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. In 1997, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. (Representation: Dan Mandel, Sanford J. Greenberger Associates)

Beth Brophy is the author of the novel MY EX-BEST FRIEND (Simon & Schuster, July 2003). She has been an adjunct professor of journalism at the American University and Georgetown. (Representation: Sterling Lord Literistic)