Mike Madrid is the author of Divas, Dames & Daredevils: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics, Vixens, Vamps & Vipers: Lost Villianesses of Golden Age Comics, and The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, an NPR "Best Book To Share With Your Friends” and American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Notable Book. A San Francisco native and lifelong fan of comic books and popular culture, Madrid also appears in the documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines and is the illustrator of Lily the Silent: The History of Arcadia. Foreword contributor William Kuskin , Ph.D., who has been described by Denver's Westword as "kind of like Professor X of the X-Men, teaching his young mutants how to wield their superpowers,” is Professor, Faculty Associate, and Chair of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.