Jeffery Lane (Book)
is best known for his work on such television programs as "Mad About You," "Ryan's Hope," "Lou Grant," "The AFI Life Achievement Award," "The Tony Awards," "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" and the miniseries "The Murder of Mary Phagan." He is the winner of five Emmys, three Writers Guild Awards, two Peabodys, a Golden Globe and the Christopher Award, and the relatively good-natured loser of many more.

David Yazbek (Music and Lyrics)
is a recording artist whose album The Laughing Man won the 1997 N.A.I.R.D. award for Best Pop Album. Other albums include TOCK and the upcoming Damascus! He won the Drama Desk Award for his work in The Full Monty. For theatre he has composed original music for Boy's Life at LCT; Mojo, Atlantic Theatre; The Pope's Nose, Promenade Theatre and over two others. Yazbek has done a lot of scriptwriting for TV, including a brief, Emmy Award-winning stint with "Late Night with David Letterman" and the co-creation of the groundbreaking yet cloying "Puzzle Place" for PBS. He's composed scores for a wide range of films and shows for HBO, NBC, Fox, and Nickelodeon and is responsible for the unrelenting theme song to "Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego." As a songwriter and/or producer he has worked with such artists as XTC, Tito Puente, Space Hog, The Verve Pipe, Ruben Blades, Rockapella and the Persuasions.