David B. Williams writes about science and history. His many books include Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound, Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City, Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography and Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City, and Stories in Stone: Travels through Urban Geology. He lives in Seattle.
Jennifer Ott is a historian and assistant director of HistoryLink, the online encyclopedia of Washington state history. She is coauthor of Olmsted in Seattle: Creating a Park System for a Modern City (HistoryLink, 2019) and Waterway: The Story of Seattle's Locks and Ship Canal (HistoryLink, 2017). She lives in Seattle.