Internationally renowned scholar, essayist, linguist, translator, editor, and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American, and Latino Culture at Amherst College. He serves as the series editor for the University of New Mexico Press's acclaimed Jewish Latin America Series.

Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of three graphic novels featuring Rabbi Harvey, a fictional rabbi who also functions as an Old West sheriff. His nonfiction books include Bomb: The Race to Build?and Steal?the World's Most Dangerous Weapon and The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, which were both National Book Award finalists.