Tom Bianchi is the author of seven books of photography, including "Out of the Studio, Extraordinary Friends, Living with Dickens, Bob & Rod, In Defense of Beauty, "and "Among Women. "A lawyer by training, he is currently a vice president of CytoDyn, a biotech firm engaged in HIV therapy development. He lives with his life partner, Mark Prunty, in Los Angeles.
Author Edmund White was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 13, 1940. He majored in Chinese at the University of Michigan. Before spending a year in Rome, he worked for Time-Life Books from 1962 until 1970. Upon his return, he became an editor for The Saturday Review and Horizon. He lived in France from 1983 until 1990. His works have chronicled gay life with such books as A Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony.