ADAM BEGLEY is the books editor for the New York Observer and the author of Literary Agents: A Writer's Guide. His book reviews have appeared in such major American and British newspapers as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and the Financial Times. He lives with his wife, two stepchildren, and three cats in Northamptonshire, England.

EDWARD SOREL is the author/illustrator of Unauthorized Portraits and Literary Lives and is a contributor to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and the Nation. In 2005, he completed his mural for the Waverly Inn in Greenwich Village.