Ralph Compton stood six foot eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. His first novel, The Goodnight Trail, was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Medicine Pipe Bearer Award for best debut novel. He was the USA Today bestselling author of the Trail of the Gunfighter series, the Border Empire series, the Sundown Riders series, and the Trail Drive series, among others.
Bernard Schaffer is an author and full-time police detective. A twenty-year law enforcement veteran, he is a decorated criminal investigator, narcotics expert, and child forensic interviewer. He is the author of numerous independently published books and The Thief of All Light from Kensington Publishing.