William Maxwell teaches finance at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. He has held professorships at the University of Arizona, Texas Tech, and Georgetown and has written numerous articles for academic journals. Maxwell his coauthor of High-Yield Bonds.
Mark Shenkman is President and Chief Investment Officer of Shenkman Capital Management, one of the world's largest high-yield money management firms. He has held executive-level positions focusing on the fixed income market at First Investors Asset Management, Lehman Brothers, and Fidelity. Shenkman is co-author of High-Yield Bonds.