Dr. Michael Shermer is a columnist for Scientific American and the author of the bestselling Why People Believe Weird Things, How We Believe, and The Science of Good and Evil. He is the publisher of Skeptic magazine and the founder and director of the international Skeptics Society. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Eric Lax is the author of  The Mold in Doctor Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle, Woody Allen: A Biography and Life and Death on 10 West, both New York Times Notable Books. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Life, The Atlantic Monthly, and Esquire as well as many other magazines and newspapers.