Evelyn Edson is Professor Emeritus at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, VA, and the author of 'The World Map, 1300-1492: The Persistence of Tradition and Transformation' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004).
Emilie Savage-Smith, FBA, is Professor of the History of Science (retired), University of Oxford, and Senior Research Consultant to the Bodleian Library. She is the co-author of 'Science, Tools and Magic' (Oxford University Press, 1997) and 'Medieval Islamic Medicine' (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).
Terry Jones was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales on February 1, 1942. He was a writer for such BBC programs as The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set, before joining with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin to form the Monty Python comedy troupe. Best remembered as the nude organist, Jones co-directed Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), and directed Life of Brian (1979) and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983). Along with many Python-related books, screenplays, and records, he has written several non-fiction works including Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary, Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery, and Terry Jones's War on the War on… Terror. He also wrote numerous children's books including The Saga of Erik the Viking, which won the Children's Book Award in 1984, Fantastic Stories, The Beast with a Thousand Teeth, The Curse of the Vampire Socks, and Bedtime Stories.